Anna's Health Food keeps the good years coming

Anna’s Health Food Center, a family-owned natural food store,  opened its doors at 401-403 Raritan
Avenue, Highland Park, on Dec. 1, 1989.  “We are in the business of helping people. And it has been
growing day by day from the beginning.” said Young Pak, who owns the business with his wife,
Anna.

On Tuesday, December 1st the couple will celebrate with an all-day open house. Area musician Spook
Handy will perform, and company representatives will provide samples of tea, organic toothpaste,
organic cosmetics and food.

 

The store will also offer special sales on vitamins and other products.  “We are delighted that we have come to this point – 20 years in business in the same location,” said Young Pak, who owns the business with his wife, Anna. “We want to say thank you to our customers and the community for showing us their support over two decades.”

Companies providing samples include Toms of Maine, Burt’s Bees, Solgar and New Chapter vitamins
and Amy’s foods. In addition, the store has a barrel up front where it is collecting donations of non-perishable food for the Highland Park Food Pantry.Since the first day, the goal of the center has been “Think right, eat right, do right,” Young explains. “My father taught me is it so important to help people,” so the couple decided to open the center, where they could work directly with their neighbors and “help them live better lives.”

 

Young had been teaching pharmacology on the university level. Anna had been a researcher in nutrition and biochemistry. Young is now a registered herbologist, and the center provides private consultations and customized herbal preparations. Articles from the couple, about herbs and nutrition, are available on the center’s website: a collection of Chinese herbal formulas, an introduction to the human immune system, reasons for taking wheat grass, a look at acid and alkaline foods and other topics.

The center offers a full range of fresh, frozen and dry organic foods, vitamins and supplements, natural beauty items and environmentally friendly household products. The food products include baking
needs, flours, beans, candies, cookies, chips, cereals, pasta, meat alternatives, goat milk products, sauces and dressings, dairy alternatives, low sugar products, sugar substitutes, items for a gluten free diet, and recycled paper products.

After 20 years, Anna and Young Pak know health food and readily work with doctors to make recommendations to patients on special diets.

“I counsel my customers about nutrition,” Young said. “Eating the right food can help you live a
better life – and you’ll feel better. We’re still here after twenty years because we want to help. That’s
what keeps us going.”

Contact Anna’s Health Food Center at 732.828-9299, or visit:
www.annashealthfoodcenter.com.