LIMA — King of Hartz Nutrition opened Wednesday at 1062 Bellefontaine Ave. in Lima.
The business is owned by Chris Hartzell.
“I’ve normally desired to own my own small business,” Hartzell stated. “Not only do we serve shakes and teas, we have waffle bowls and parfaits.”
The business enterprise is similar to others that have cropped up in the space like Sblended Nutrition and Phoenix Nourishment in Lima and The Lantern in Bluffton.
“I think we all deliver a little something a very little little bit different to the desk where by common golf equipment, they do a shake, aloe, tea and that’s sort of exactly where they go with it. We just opened and not only are we doing shake, teas and aloe but we’re also doing unique styles of food. We’re attempting to occur in with some omelet ideas and truly deliver like a breakfast food, lunch food, dinner meal, rather of just standard shakes,” Hartzell mentioned.
Hartzell is fired up to be opening his retail store now which is located in a superior site visitors site.
“The total thought was to get a place that was effortless. We have Lima Senior down the street, Lima Memorial throughout the road (we’re) in between two fairly fast paced restaurants, Pizza Hut and Satisfied Daz so there is a good deal of going for walks traffic and driving visitors appropriate off the freeway,” Hartzell mentioned.
Hartzell was scheduling a grand opening Dec. 18.
“That is going to be a enormous event, like to phone it a bash. We got some door prizes we want to give out. We’ve obtained some consume specials that we’re going to operate,” Hartzell claimed.
Hartzell is hoping to also enable people today to get healthy.
“I obtained my foot in the door of the initial club that I’ve ever been to — The Properly in Van Wert. Then basically it all improved. From there I dropped 20 pounds and then attained about 10 kilos of lean muscle but not only that the state of mind, it actually assisted me and there’s a lot of local community involvement with this. So not only do we provide shakes, we also appreciate remaining associated with the youth. You’ve acquired to begin them when they’re youthful, begin the healthier practices,” Hartzell explained.
King of Hartz Nutrition is open from 6 a.m to 6 p.m. Monday by way of Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and midday to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Chris Hartzell serves up a shake to a shopper Wednesday at King of Hartz Nutrition in Lima.

King of Hartz Nourishment had its grand opening Dec. 18.
Achieve Sam Shriver at 567-242-0409.