HCMC acquires Green's Natural Foods chain

Healthier Choices Management Corp. (OTC Pink: HCMC) today announced the acquisition of Green’s Natural Foods, an organic and natural health food and vitamin chain with eight store locations in New York and Northern New Jersey.

Green’s Natural Foods is a chain of premier natural foods stores, offering organic and all natural products and vitamins from both top national brands as well as locally sourced specialty brands. Green’s Natural Foods offers everything from organic produce, natural groceries, dietary supplements, and freshly prepared food. Green’s Natural Foods sells only USDA certified organic produce.

Jeffrey Holman, CEO of HCMC, made this statement regarding the acquisition, “Green’s Natural Foods significantly accelerates the expansion of our grocery segment. It is yet another step in solidifying our growth initiatives, and based upon past performance, we believe this acquisition should approximately double HCMC’s top line revenue yet again, bringing us to approximately $60,000,000 on an annualized basis.”

Mr. Holman concluded, “We believe this transaction offers compelling value to our shareholders and is a key element in our endeavor to continue building an attractive, growing business with first-class capabilities. We expect to leverage our larger presence and commercial strength to meaningfully accelerate our sales growth while capitalizing on synergies of the business to improve our bottom line.”

About Healthier Choices Management Corp. 

Healthier Choices Management Corp. (www.hcmc1.com) is a holding company focused on providing consumers with healthier daily choices with respect to nutrition and other lifestyle alternatives.

Through its wholly owned subsidiary HCMC Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC, the Company manages and intends to expand on its intellectual property portfolio.

Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Healthy Choice Markets, Inc., Healthy Choice Markets 2, LLC, and Healthy Choice Markets 3, LLC, respectively, the Company operates:

Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Healthy Choice Wellness, LLC, the Company has licensing agreements for Healthy Choice Wellness Centers at the Casbah Spa and Salon in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Boston Direct Health in Boston, MA. These centers offer multiple IV drip “cocktails” for clients to choose from that are designed to help boost immunity, fight fatigue and stress, reduce inflammation, enhance weight loss, and efficiently deliver antioxidants and anti-aging mixes. Additionally, there are cocktails for health, beauty, and re-hydration. (www.HealthyChoiceWellness.com)

Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Healthy U Wholesale, the Company sells vitamins and supplements, as well as health, beauty and personal care products on its website www.TheVitaminStore.com.

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