GNC stores to close at Japan, Okinawa bases

[unhappycamper]

GNC stores to close at Japan, Okinawa bases
Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, December 2, 2007

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — The franchiser for General Nutrition Companies Inc. closed the doors Friday at its shops on U.S. military bases in Japan and Okinawa.

GNC stores at bases in South Korea and Guam, meanwhile, are expected to stay in business for the time being.

Army and Air Force Exchange Service officials said the Japan and Okinawa stores were operated by a franchisee named USB, a firm from Singapore.

USB gave AAFES notice it was terminating its contract, “citing financial concerns that made the operation no longer viable,” said Anna C. Iosefo, AAFES Misawa Exchange general manager, in a written response to questions.

In mainland Japan, GNC had stores at Misawa Air Base, Yokota Air Base, and Camp Zama, and at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa.

AAFES officials said their stores will continue to carry some GNC products.


Rest of article at: http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=50663

[meegbear]

1. As a person who shops those types of stores ...

I can tell you they are a high-priced chain with a "we're GNC!" attitude. I avoid them like the plague.

[glowing]

3. I get a couple of products there.. A gogi juice concentrate... oh its

my go-go juice, and my flax seed/ fish oil... Only at the first of the month so I can save money... I wish my natural store sold the product that I buy. Their gogi products are misleading... its a juice mixture that lists blueberry as the main ingedient... anyway, those are a couple of things that I do buy, and they are priced ok.

[meegbear]

4. Vitamin World and Vitamin Shoppe

[glowing]

5. I'll check it out.. thanks.

[fasttense]

2. Made the mistake of shopping at a GNC the other day.

I ended up paying $50 for what I could have gotten for $20 at a drug store. I'll never shop there again.