VILLAGE NUTRITION STARTED OUT WAY BACK IN 1966 AS JOY HEALTH FOODS IN ASBURY PARK, NJ WITH MY FATHER, MARK COHEN. MARK GOT TIRED OF SHOVELING SNOW AND DECIDED TO MOVE THE FAMILY TO FT. PIERCE, FLORIDA IN 1972. WITH THE CHANGE IN LOCATION ALSO CAME A CHANGE IN NAME. JOY HEALTH FOODS BECAME NUTRITION WORLD AND A CHAIN OF FAMILY OWNED HEALTH FOOD STORES WAS FORMED THAT HAS CONTINUED TO SERVE THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA FOR THE LAST 36 YEARS.
WITH THE DEATH OF MY FATHER SEVERAL YEARS AGO , I TOOK OVER THE ORIGINAL FT. PIERCE STORE AND BECAME ONE OF THE EARLIEST E COMMERCE SITES WHILE BETA TESTING FOR AOL‘S PERSONAL PUBLISHER AROUND 1994. I MADE A WEBSITE FOR ONE PRODUCT AND TO MY SURPRISE, IT TOOK OFF. FOURTEEN YEARS LATER, ALTHOUGH THE E COMMERCE INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED, OUR PRODUCTS ARE STILL BEING SOLD BOTH IN THE STORE AND VIA THE INTERNET. WE STILL OFFER NAME BRAND COMPANIES, INFORMATION, AND QUALITY SERVICE.
WELL, AS FATE MAY HAVE IT, I TOOK A TRIP TO HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, ARKANSAS IN 2006 AND WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT I BOUGHT A HOUSE THERE. AFTER TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH FROM FLORIDA TO ARKANSAS FOR A YEAR, SOMEONE CAME INTO MY STORE AND MADE AN OFFER THAT I JUST COULDN’T REFUSE. NUTRITION WORLD IN FT. PIERCE WAS SOLD ON 28 FEBRUARY, 2007 AND MY WIFE AND I MOVED TO HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE AND RETIRED...FOR THREE MONTHS.
SOME THINGS ARE JUST TOO HARD TO GIVE UP SO WE OPENED A TINY, LITTLE 500 SQUARE FOOT STORE JUST OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE IN AUGUST 2007 AND THE NAME CHANGED AGAIN TO VILLAGE NUTRITION. OKAY, SEMI-RETIRED...RIGHT? IT SEEMS THAT 500 SQUARE FEET WAS JUST NOT BIG ENOUGH SO WHEN THE SPACE BECAME AVAILABLE, WE MOVED AGAIN TO A BRAND NEW BIGGER LOCATION IN THE VILLAGE AND JUST LIKE BEFORE, THE INTERNET CAME WITH US.
MY DAUGHTER AND HER NEW HUSBAND JUST MOVED HERE TOO WHERE SHE WILL HELP RUN THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND THE SAGA CONTINUES...
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