BATAVIA There were many late nights for Hunter Boisclair and his staff as they prepared Vitality Nutrition Group, LLC to open earlier this month.
Boisclair, founder and CEO of Vitality, 4140 Veterans Memorial Dr., Suite 1, said the business opened earlier this month after installing clothes racks, shelves and anything else it needed, plus painting the store. , Opened.
There was nothing here, the locker room wasn’t here, he said we had to make sure we got the permit to build it, make sure it was qualified. We had to build that whole room. All these shelves make sure we paint everything. Updating this place was quite a process for me.
Boisclair estimated it took two or three months to get Vitality ready to open.
It was just an idea at one point and the next thing you know, it was overnight, long nights, trying to get everything here. He said 9:00 p.m. turned into 12:00 p.m. You are here every night
Boisclair said that aside from Vitality, he has a full-time job and owns a mobile vehicle detailing business, Just Like New Detailing in Oakfield, with Vitality partner John Achatz.
The rest of our time here (at Vitality) was spent trying to get this place up and running, so we could at least open it up so we could have other people come in here and do it while they were working on other things. to manage
Boisclair said the flooring was the only thing Vitality didn’t have to put in because it was already set. With a business like this, he had to connect and communicate with vendors to get their products into the store. That took time.
He said that we were taking care of the community, but at the end of the day, we have to run a business and actually make money. You should contact all these companies. Where do you want to get the drinks? Where are you going to get all the protein bars? Where do you want to get pre-workouts? Where do you want to buy clothes? How do we want to cook? Who is going to make them? How are they going to be delivered on time and make sure we can still serve our customers and keep everyone safe?
Vitality has products ranging from protein powders to stimulant-free pre-workout formulas to protein snacks and energy drinks.
“We carry just about everything, from when you’re just trying to stay fit to the biggest bodybuilder in town,” Boisclair said. We carry everything.
Some products are based on relaxation, recovery, recovery, he said. Some of them are just based on keeping you healthy, whether it’s based on the basic vitamin C that we have for general health for men and women.
Vitality is open from 7am to 8pm Monday to Friday. Saturdays from 9 am to 6 pm and Sundays from 11 am to 5 pm.
We were trying to open from when people want to go to the gym in the morning to after 5 o’clock when they get off work… we were trying to make our hours suitable for everyone.
Staff includes Boisclair, Vice President of Sales and Operations Achatz, Store Manager Nick Figolo and Closing Manager Kevin Giglio.
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