Kick Start Nutrition Shop Opens On Front Street
Author: MT43 News Staff Reporter
Kick Start Nutrition Shop Opens on Front Street
MT43 News Staff Reporter
Denny Wagner jumped into the nutritional drink business on a fluke. She visited the Helena Herbalife Store two years ago with a friend who had signed up. Denny decided to sign up for the nutritional products and then worked in the store for a year. “It was OJT – on-the-job training for me on a part-time basis,” she offered.
Since she signed as a distributor, she has attended Herbalife conferences in Kansas City, Kansas to learn the business side of running a shop. Herbalife International began on the same level as Denny’s shop: one person making and selling protein products. In 1980 Mark Hughes began making and selling weight management products in his kitchen, according to Wikipedia. He turned it into a multimillion-dollar business. Through the years Herbalife has adjusted its business model to include distributors and customers.
Distributors sell preferred memberships in the Nutrition Club to customers at $35 per, so the customer can buy products to make shakes at home. Alternatively, customers may buy protein drinks individually in the shop.
Customers may buy whey protein fruit drinks that have herbal tea to boost metabolism or protein shakes made with soy-based products. Although Denny does not sell coffee or regular tea, she has various energy drinks containing caffeine. She carries “Lift Off”, a caffeine powder that the customer can add to any of her drinks according to their taste and desired level of caffeine.
Denny and her husband Rodney, have six children most of whom are grown. They have one teenager still at home. She ventured that young people are trending toward following more healthy lifestyles including drinking protein drinks instead of sodas. “The protein drinks give that energy boost without the sugar crash,” she said.
Kickstart Nutrition will have limited hours through the winter. Denny will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays. Saturdays and Sundays she will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, please visit the shop at 500 N. Front Street or call (406) 266-0033.
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Image 1 Caption: Denny Wagner holds one of the many protein fruit drinks she offers at Kick Start Nutrition located in the Train Station Center on Front Street.
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