The wholesome drink enterprise Logansport Diet opened quietly in downtown Logansport on Dec. 3 within the Keystone constructing at 528 E. Broadway.
And since opening it’s shortly gained recognition with folks within the metropolis.
Some across the metropolis might acknowledge the proprietor, Claudia Hernandez, who lived right here for 10 years and attended the Logansport faculty system.
That is the second retailer that Hernandez owns — the primary being Mad Metropolis Diet in Kentucky, the place she moved when she was 17 and now lives.
She wished a retailer up right here as a result of her father and buddies are in Logansport, and it’s near her brother in Indianapolis.
Her brother’s spouse, Samantha Vargas, can also be a companion within the retailer, she stated.
She selected the downtown space as a result of she occurred to cross the Keystone constructing whereas she was trying and observed it was searching for a first-floor tenant.
Enterprise is already doing properly, and Hernandez plans to remain constantly in Logansport for 4 months as she will get her new staff skilled.
“I actually have a very good staff up right here,” she stated.
The shop presents a three-step meal alternative system.
First, the client chooses an aloe shot from the flavors of cranberry, mango or mandarin.
Then, the client decides on a tea from a mess of decisions divided into three classes: natural teas, atomic power teas and premium teas. There are additionally enhancers a buyer can add to the tea for collagen, immunity boosters or coronary heart well being.
The third step is to decide on a wholesome shake from a big choice. The shakes even have enhancers anybody can add, equivalent to further protein, fiber, fats burner or probiotic.
Most frequently, this kind of enterprise is used for weight reduction, however Logansport Diet additionally works on weight achieve and normal well being.
“We’re not a lot a weight reduction firm,” she stated. “We’re a diet firm.”
For these curious about outcomes as a substitute of only a wholesome shake, the employees does a wellness session and finds out what the particular person needs.
They then create a plan for the particular person.
Though Logansport Diet is much like one other store downtown, Hernandez stated they’re comparable however not the identical.
Every retailer makes use of its personal substances and strategies, together with the flavors they provide.
Some use syrups, and she or he makes use of powders.
She makes use of ice to make the shakes, so that they’re very thick, she stated.
And folks also can get the shakes sizzling, she added.
Logansport Diet may also have specials each day.
Each Monday is Mega Monday, the place mega teas are the identical value as a daily tea if the client posts a photograph of it on Fb.
Additionally on Mondays, the three-day trial problem begins, the place prospects should purchase six shakes and 6 complete management tablets — which she described as tea in a pill — for weight reduction.
She’s by no means had anybody not drop pounds on that program, she stated.
For Tea Tuesday and Wild Shake Wednesday, those that purchase the featured drinks get entered right into a weekly drawing.
Strive it Out Thursday will permit folks to strive completely different merchandise, and on Friday Buyer Appreciation Day, the enterprise will function a buyer on its Fb web page.
On Saturdays, they might have a gymnasium within the again space, educate health courses and publish exercise tips about social media, stated Hernandez.
She additionally thinks her buyer base will usher in folks not conversant in the enterprise.
“It’s completely different as a result of I’m Hispanic, and I do know numerous the Hispanic group on the town,” Hernandez stated.
Hernandez acquired into the enterprise first as a buyer at Mad Metropolis in Kentucky.
She describes herself as a gymnasium fanatic who checked out the enterprise for protein shakes and have become a daily.
Finally, she started working there, and so they ended up promoting her the enterprise.
She was a stay-at-home mother with 4 youngsters as a substitute of utilizing daycare.
“It was so costly, it wasn’t value it,” she stated.
Nevertheless, Mad Metropolis allowed her to convey her youngsters in whereas she labored.
The enterprise mannequin is fashionable with stay-at-home mothers due to that, she stated.
