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Healthy Lifestyle Natural Foods Manager Tariq Anwar, front, and owner Benish M. Pirzada stand inside the new store at 222 E. Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown, in the South Pointe Shopping Center. Pirzada also recently opened College Mini Mart at 11341 Robinwood Drive in Hagerstown. (By Kevin G. Gilbert/Staff Photographer / October 24, 2012) |
Name of business: Healthy Lifestyle Natural Foods
Owner: Benish M. Pirzada
Address: 222 E. Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown, in the South Pointe Shopping Center.
Opening date: Aug. 1, 2012
Products and services: Vitamins, herbs, homeopathic items, sports supplements, health and beauty products, more than 250 bulk herbs
Target market: All ages
How did you get into your business, and what motivated you to start it? My grandfather and father were in the same business
Previous business experience: Running health-food stores for the last 15 years
Number of employees: Two
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone number: 301-791-7975
Email: healthylifestyle2@hotmail.com
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Name of business: College Mini Mart
Owner: Benish M. Pirzada
Address: 11341 Robinwood Drive, Hagerstown
Opening date: June 2012
Products and services: Convenience store selling milk, bread, eggs, candy, laundry items, soda, coffee, smoothies, chips, ice cream, etc.
Target market: College students and neighbors
How did you get into your business, and what motivated you to start it? Demand of neighbors
Previous business experience: Worked at a convenience store for two years
Number of employees: Two
Hours: Daily, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Phone number: 301-393-8003
Email: collegeminimart@hotmail.com
Owner: Benish M. Pirzada
Address: 222 E. Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown, in the South Pointe Shopping Center.
Opening date: Aug. 1, 2012
Products and services: Vitamins, herbs, homeopathic items, sports supplements, health and beauty products, more than 250 bulk herbs
Target market: All ages
How did you get into your business, and what motivated you to start it? My grandfather and father were in the same business
Previous business experience: Running health-food stores for the last 15 years
Number of employees: Two
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone number: 301-791-7975
Email: healthylifestyle2@hotmail.com
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Name of business: College Mini Mart
Owner: Benish M. Pirzada
Address: 11341 Robinwood Drive, Hagerstown
Opening date: June 2012
Products and services: Convenience store selling milk, bread, eggs, candy, laundry items, soda, coffee, smoothies, chips, ice cream, etc.
Target market: College students and neighbors
How did you get into your business, and what motivated you to start it? Demand of neighbors
Previous business experience: Worked at a convenience store for two years
Number of employees: Two
Hours: Daily, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Phone number: 301-393-8003
Email: collegeminimart@hotmail.com
