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Article: Growing trend: The pulse of Gary Sims' Healthy Life Markets is strong
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- Charleston Gazette
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- July 25, 2003
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The next time a fast-food restaurant employee asks through a
crackling speaker, "Would you like fries with that?" Gary Sims hopes
you answer, "No thanks."
Sims recently opened a chain of health food stores, Healthy Life
Markets. Business has been booming, he says.
He hopes that those who browse through the store's assortment of
soy-based, organic, vegan and low-carb offerings will be enticed to
make a lifestyle change in their diets.
"There's this American lifestyle that we feel like we need extra
food," Sims said. "Why do we need a biggie size?"
The Healthy Life Markets are an extension of Sims' primary
business as owner of four Drug Emporium franchises in the area. Sims
devoted a couple of ...