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In every office, there is someone who has a jar of candy on their desk. It might be a jar of hard candies, jelly beans or M&M's, but there will be a jar and people will inevitably find reasons to walk by it and grab a treat or two on occasion. To give your office mates a buzz, replace the candy jar with Rocket Chocolate. The individually wrapped milk chocolates have 150 mg of caffeine in each piece, which is as much as three cans of Coke and only slightly less than two cans of Red Bull. The creamy chocolate will help to quiet your sweet tooth, but the pick-me-up of the candy is what will really help get you through the afternoon.

Either your co-workers will be grateful for the extra buzz or they'll wonder why their second cup of coffee seems to be affecting them so strongly -- especially if they take more than one chocolate. Just try to make sure you don't let anyone with a caffeine sensitivity grab a piece unknowingly.

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After successfully promoting the supper club trend that has become so popular in the past could of years, Cooking Light highlighted a new concept in this month's issue of the magazine.

Many people who work outside of their homes eat lunch out almost every day. The days that they don’t eat out they are as likely to grab a candy bar and a bag of chips out of the hall vending machine as they are to have brought something from home. Beyond a peanut butter sandwich, sometimes it can seem daunting to prepare a whole meal in the morning before you leave for work. The concept of the lunch club is that different people bring in foods on different days of the month, dividing up the cooking duties but still providing everyone in the office (who wants to participate) with a full, healthy lunch.

For employers, it pays to keep sugary, fatty sweets around the office. They don't even have to be good sweets, as almost anything left in an office break room will be consumed very quickly by hungry coworkers. But experts are saying that employees who have access to junk food through a vending machine or office refrigerator will work more hours each day. If a snack like donuts is put out in the morning, employees will regularly begin showing up earlier. Sugar also increases alertness and boosts productivity. Automated Merchandiser, an industry vending machine publication, has picked up on this story and is using it as a selling point to boost in-office sales.

To protect your waistline, it is best to bring snacks from home for eating in the office. A piece of birthday cake once in a while is fine, but when you're having two donuts and a Twinkie for breakfast, it's time to cut back.

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