BIG SPRING, TX — The Big Spring Health Food Store, located at 1305 Scurry, recently celebrated 60 years of service to the Big Spring and Howard County area.
The business opened in 1965 by Eva Nall and is one of the oldest independently owned health food stores in Texas. According to current owner Mindy Sedberry, Nall originally opened the store because her daughter had food allergies and she was often driving to Abilene to purchase allergen-free products for her child. This occurred in the 1960s and food allergies were not common at that time, but Nall decided that they needed to have a place in Big Spring that offered these types of products.
Sedberry says that they are blessed and thankful for the community support.
“We have slow times just like anybody else, but certainly we would not be here without the community,” she continued.
“Being the only independently owned health food store in Big Spring not only kind of isolates ate us, but it does definitely bring people in.”
Sedberry has been at the Big Spring Health Food Store for 30 years. She began working part-time in 1995 and eventually bought the store in 2008. Over the years, she says that she’s seen generations of families come through the doors thanks to the community support they’ve received.
In recent years, social media has helped to increase sales in the industry but Sedberry says it comes at a cost. We’ll have more on that story tomorrow.
(Photo by KBest Media: Owner Mindy Sedberry, left. with staff member Brittany, right.)
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