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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Soul Crusher on May 11, 2020, 12:21:37 PM
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https://www.post-gazette.com/business/healthcare-business/2020/05/11/GNC-options-including-bankruptcy-debt-pandemic/stories/202005110056?fbclid=IwAR3WWVWVtbQ26EJDXLR18U4nmiCrdFdNEqsI71rQ4OSVigWe1B2CrVHWPFA
Another CHICOM FLU victim bites the dust.
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I'm surprised that didn't happen years ago with all the other supplement companies out there today.
I also heard AMC movie theaters is in trouble and Amazon is looking to buy them. AMC is owned by a Chinese company called the Wanda Group.
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Don't know how they survived this long. Should have been closed over a decade ago.
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Don't know how they survived this long. Should have been closed over a decade ago.
Convenience is a big thing. A lot of people just want to run in and get something and run out.
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The company posted a net loss of $200 million during the first quarter, compared with a loss of $15 million during the same three months last year.
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Convenience is a big thing. A lot of people just want to run in and get something and run out.
That is why Vitamin Shoppe exists..... and for 20% or more off the prices GNC charges.
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That is why Vitamin Shoppe exists..... and for 20% or more off the prices GNC charges.
I used to shop religiously at GNC 10-20 years ago. Since then I have moved on to Vitamin Shoppe and they are great IMO.
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My only question is, “What took so long?”.
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That is why Vitamin Shoppe exists..... and for 20% or more off the prices GNC charges.
GNC is usually those tiny spaces wedged in a mall or section of rite aide etc.
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Fart powder emporium par excellence.
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I used to shop religiously at GNC 10-20 years ago. Since then I have moved on to Vitamin Shoppe and they are great IMO.
They carry Redcrap1, so no Vitamin Shoppe for me. Try this company, better prices then Amazon with coupons they always send me, Vitacost.com
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The company posted a net loss of $200 million during the first quarter, compared with a loss of $15 million during the same three months last year.
Pocket change for Getbiggers.
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amazon is a few days late on my order :-[
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Fuck em their snakeoil salesman anyway.................. ..........their shit does nothing to build your body other than a few basic supps like vitamins and minerals along with whey.
Just eat good and avoid grass clippings.
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amazon is a few days late on my order :-[
They are not as quick on the deliveries lately.
Very busy delivering toilet paper.
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Probably has something to do with the steroids they were putting in their protein powders, no wonder everyone was buying it.
just kidding, don't know how they lasted this long.
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Surprised this didn't happen earlier as most just buy their supps on Amazon.
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I remember a GNC sales person told me I could look like Jay Cutler if I purchased a muscle tech product.
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Sigh - I shall miss dearly the days of telling GNC staff that I do not want a fucking membership.
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Haven't shopped at a GNC since Mega Mass 2000. ::)
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Haven't shopped at a GNC since Mega Mass 2000. ::)
Banana flavored cement that sat in your gut for what felt like 3 days....
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Banana flavored cement that sat in your gut for what felt like 3 days....
I only bought the vanilla flavor. :-\
I seem to recall they eventually came out with Mega Mass 4000; I used to see the ads in FLEX. I never tried it.
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Went into a GNC about 3-4 years ago while in a local mall. Left wondering how long they could last. The internet and bad marketing/business model killed GNC, not Covid.
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Went into a GNC about 3-4 years ago while in a local mall. Left wondering how long they could last. The internet and bad marketing/business model killed GNC, not Covid.
This! They must’ve also ran out of naive high schoolers and grandmas to prey on.
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Haven't shopped at a GNC since Mega Mass 2000. ::)
Mega Mass 2000 came in a bag that looked like a feed bag for livestock. I gained weight from drinking all those shakes probably because I didn't shit for a week. That stuff was like liquid concrete.
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I only bought the vanilla flavor. :-\
I seem to recall they eventually came out with Mega Mass 4000; I used to see the ads in FLEX. I never tried it.
It was the same thing as Mega Mass 2000 just an extra scoop and whole milk instead of water. I know that they later changed their formula due to people complaining it would not mix well.
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Mega Mass 2000 came in a bag that looked like a feed bag for livestock. I gained weight from drinking all those shakes probably because I didn't shit for a week. That stuff was like liquid concrete.
I believe in the beginning it actually came in a plastic bucket with plastic top on it. I may be wrong and thinking of something else back then.
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GNC holds a soft spot in my heart as part of general weightlifting nostalgia. Never really shopped at one, but their constant presence was comforting.
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I believe in the beginning it actually came in a plastic bucket with plastic top on it. I may be wrong and thinking of something else back then.
Yes, it came in a bucket as well. It may be 4000 that came in a feeder bag.
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I believe in the beginning it actually came in a plastic bucket with plastic top on it. I may be wrong and thinking of something else back then.
Yeah it did. Lol, I remember that and ultimate orange etc.
Mega Mass tasted great, was just loads of sugar. Lol.
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Yeah it did. Lol, I remember that and ultimate orange etc.
Mega Mass tasted great, was just loads of sugar. Lol.
Ultimate Orange was the best supplement ever!
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Ultimate Orange was the best supplement ever!
AST - Dymetadrine to me was the best of all time.
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Ultimate Orange was the best supplement ever!
That and original Ripped Fuel were awesome in the 90s.
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This is going to hit the pockets of the snake oil youtube salesmen like Guzman 3-Dimension Cough Syrup, Chris Jones Hoe Ready Protein Farts, Alani Nu Lulu Island Lies and Ghost Bullshit Style
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Don't know how they survived this long. Should have been closed over a decade ago.
Agreed. Shit supplements anyway.
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I remember a GNC sales person told me I could look like Jay Cutler if I purchased a muscle tech product.
Hah! I remember something similar. I asked him, "Then why don't you take it?"
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Hah! I remember something similar. I asked him, "Then why don't you take it?"
:D
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GNC parent company files for bankruptcy protection, plans to permanently close up to 1,200 stores
GNC Holdings Inc., parent company of health and wellness retailer GNC, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Tuesday and said it plans to close “at least 800 to 1,200 stores.”
The Pittsburgh-based chain, which had approximately 5,200 retail locations in the U.S. and 7,300 locations globally as of March 31, said the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the need to file for bankruptcy protection after being under "financial pressure for the past several years."
More info
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/06/24/gnc-bankruptcy-store-closings-coronavirus-pandemic/3248499001/
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I'm surprised they don't close them all. Those chain stores are going extinct fast.
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PEOPLE SHOP ONLINE ...
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PEOPLE SHOP ONLINE ...
Yep, it's cheaper and more convenient.