New ownership for Turkey Creek GNC
With Travis Hibbert purchasing the franchise toward the end of October, store manager Steven Brown said the business will continue to carry customers’ favorite items, as well as maybe add new products in the future.
“We still have stocked what everybody’s used to getting here,” he said. “So, not a lot of changes.”
However, “with GNC, in general, there’s always new companies coming out that we’ll probably carry, so there will definitely be some newer brands, maybe some more exciting brands.”
Along with the Turkey Creek location, Hibbert, who already owned the Cedar Bluff and Alcoa stores, also recently purchased the Oak Ridge store, according to the manager.
“He’s branded the Cedar Bluff and Alcoa locations for quite a few years now,” Brown said. “(He was) very successful there, so he’s expanded out and took on two more.
“I love it,” the manager added about the recent franchise purchase. “I’ve been with the company 18 years, so it was an easy transition to the franchise side.
“I already know the products really well. And, out of all four locations, there’s a ton of tenure.”
For example, “the manager in Oak Ridge has been with us for 30 years,” Brown said.
The Turkey Creek GNC store has been operating in its current location for more than 20 years.
According to its website, GNC Live Well is “the world’s largest retailer specializing in vitamins, herbs, weight management and sports nutrition.”
“A lot of people would think more sports nutrition when they think GNC, but we actually offer a lot of the health side of it, too; anything ranging from (products for) any kind of health complications — heart, diabetes, blood sugar (and) the side effects that come with (prescriptions for) GLP-1 (glacagon-like peptide, a hormone produced in the small intestine that helps regulate blood sugar and metabolism) when it comes to weight loss,” he said. “We have a lot of stuff that can benefit (customers), whether it’s fatigue, muscle loss, anything like that.
“We cover a whole array of different health supplements,” Brown added. “The most common would be multi-vitamins. We carry a wide array of herbs, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and sports supplements.
“We have everything ranging from pre-workout to recovery supplements, things that would help with performance.
General Nutrition Center, Parkside Drive, is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday.
For more information, call 865-777-0644.
