03 · Health systems, facilities, food & nutrition
Hospitals
Around-the-clock essentials for staff, patients, and families.
Why the demand is real
The hospital never closes. The food access should not either.
$61K
average cost to replace one staff nurse, so anything that improves the shift pays off (NSI 2025).
100K+
projected US healthcare worker shortage by 2028 (Mercer).
3 a.m.
when the cafeteria is closed and night staff and families are left to vending machines.
The hospital never closes, so the food access for the people inside it should not either.
Industry data, directional. Sources: NSI National Health Care Retention Report, Mercer.
A real store inside the hospital campus, open 24/7 for night-shift clinicians, patients' families, and visitors who can't leave. Food, personal care, and OTC essentials, right where care never stops.
Built for every shift
Night-shift staff and overnight families need a real store, not a vending machine. Surplus is open when the cafeteria is closed.
A staff and patient amenity
A visible, everyday benefit for clinicians and a comfort for families staying close to a loved one.
Zero burden on facilities
Surplus covers hardware, install, and stocking, and operates it end to end. New revenue share, no operational load.
Format fit
Lobby Pod for main lobbies and atriums. Modular System for staff lounges and unit floors.
Warehouse-club
savings for staff and visitors
Revenue share
to the property, for life
$0
property capital required
Let's put a pod
on your property.
Now installing Lobby Pod. Q4 2026 install window open. First pod live in 90 days from pilot signature.