Two embrace Nature 26JUNE17
Nature Boy
We coax the notoriously shy Brod out of his nutshell
As the 40th celebrations kick off today, Nature’s Gold are healthier than ever, with outlets in Rathcoole
So, you’re doing hard manual labour on a building site in Greystones, saving up that £750 to open a health food store in Greystones – convinced it would succeed, or was the brickie bricking it…?
Did everyone around you believe in your idea from the start, or were there those who saw you as just a hippy with a trippy plan…?
Can you remember that first day on June 27th, 1977? Your first customer, your first sale, the feeling you had closing up…?
There was Nature’s Gold and about three other health food stores in Ireland at the time; did it feel like Frodo and Samwise, heading
Today, we all live in a Nature’s Gold world, with everyone watching their peas and quince – make you all happy and warm inside, or are you pissed off about all this new competition…?
Does it surprise you just how big a business the health food industry has become? Amazon just bought the Whole Foods chain for close to $14m this week…
And what of your sunny neighbours at The Happy Pear. They start each day with a handstand; you strike me as someone whose morning is going great if you can manage a legstand…
With Nature’s Gold now in Rathcoole and Dunboyne, does it still feel like that little Killincarrig Road shop you opened in 1977? Or is it better now…?
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