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Healthy, Great Tasting Snacks, with Teressa Ruspi, TR Healthy Bites

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Healthy, Great Tasting Snacks, with Teressa Ruspi, TR Healthy Bites (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 799)

In this episode of North Fulton Business Radio, host John Ray interviews Teressa Ruspi, the founder and owner of TR Healthy Bites. Teressa shares her journey of founding her company, which offers gluten-free, protein-packed tasty snacks aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle. She discusses the inspiration behind her products, the unique benefits of her gluten-free offerings, and the importance of protein in everyday diets. Additionally, Teressa talks about her future plans for expanding her products into retail spaces and offers promotions to encourage new customers to try her healthy snacks.

John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced by the North Fulton affiliate of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Teressa Ruspi, TR Healthy Bites

Teressa Ruspi is a native of Pennsylvania and currently resides in Georgia for the last 16 years with her three daughters, Alex, DeAnna and Savannah.

Teressa graduated from Marywood University, Pennsylvania, with a BA in Nutrition & Dietetics, In 2019, as a single mom, Teressa went back to school for her Masters from Mercer University in Organizational Leadership, with a focus in Nonprofit Business Management.

Teressa is an experienced executive director and co-founder of the LRJ Foundation, a mental health and suicide awareness organization serving Georgia, Pennsylvania and Virginia schools and communities. She has a history of working in mental health program development, fitness & nutrition coaching, public speaking, and community-wide healthy and mental wellness initiatives.

In March 2023, Teressa established TR Healthy Bites, a healthy snack company geared towards protein and gluten free nutritious snack products.

A fun fact: Teressa has an identical twin sister, Karla, and together they founded the LRJ Foundation in 2012. In her spare time, she enjoys fitness training, cooking, and traveling.

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TR Healthy Bites

Teressa Ruspi founded TR Healthy Bites, an Alpharetta, Georgia-based food and snack business, in March 2023. The brand specializes in all-natural, gluten-free, protein-packed snacks, including energy bites, muffins, and cookies. With a commitment to using high-quality ingredients like gluten-free oats, natural nut butters, and honey, TR Healthy Bites aims to provide delicious options that cater to health-conscious consumers seeking nutritious snacks for any occasion.

TR Healthy Bites sells its product locally in the North Fulton region and offers nationwide shipping as well. By redefining healthy snacking, the company delivers tasty, guilt-free options that support a balanced lifestyle.

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Topics Discussed in this Episode

00:00 Introduction and Welcome
01:29 Introducing Teressa Ruspi and TR Healthy Bites
01:51 The Journey to Healthy Snacking
05:10 The Benefits of Gluten-Free and Protein-Packed Snacks
14:07 Product Lineup and Development
19:53 Future Plans and Promotions
24:34 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Renasant Bank and Casa Nuova Italian Restaurant support North Fulton Business Radio

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions, with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Casa Nuova is a proud family-owned and operated restaurant, serving classic, authentic and traditional Italian cuisine and top tier hospitality since 1998.

Casa Nuova is a cook-to-order kitchen, serving traditional fare including pasta, chicken, seafood, veal, vegetarian and gluten-free options, plus daily specials. They are a farm-to-table establishment, meaning that in the summertime, they cultivate their own vegetables in their garden, steps away from the restaurant, including tomatoes, corn, peppers, zucchini, sunflowers and more!

Celebrating more than 25 years, Casa Nuova has become a true staple in the Alpharetta area, serving more than three generations of families, including friends old and new, visiting near and far from all over the metro Atlanta area and beyond.

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About North Fulton Business Radio and host John Ray

With over 790 shows and having featured over 1,200 guests, North Fulton Business Radio is the longest-running podcast in the North Fulton area, covering business in our community like no one else. We are the undisputed “Voice of Business” in North Fulton!

The show welcomes a wide variety of business, non-profit, and community leaders to get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, their community, and their profession. There’s no discrimination based on company size, and there’s never any “pay to play.” North Fulton Business Radio supports and celebrates business by sharing positive business stories that traditional media ignore. Some media leans left. Some media leans right. We lean business.

John Ray, Business RadioX - North Fulton, and Owner, Ray Business Advisors — **John Ray, Business RadioX – North Fulton, and Owner, Ray Business Advisors**

John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and many others.

The studio address is 275 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.

John Ray also operates his own business advisory practice. John’s services include advising solopreneurs and small professional services firms on their value, their positioning and business development, and their pricing. His clients are professionals who are selling their expertise, such as consultants, coaches, attorneys, CPAs, accountants and bookkeepers, marketing professionals, and other professional services practitioners.

John is the national bestselling author of The Generosity Mindset: A Journey to Business Success by Raising Your Confidence, Value, and Prices.

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Prioritizing Persistence and Perfection E10

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Prioritizing Persistence and Perfection E10

Podcast hosts Emmanuel and Angela Williams invited professional chef Laura Briscoe onto More Details, Please to talk about persistence and perfection in business.

Laura owns Laura’s Gourmet Granola, a nationally recognized brand of specialty granola that uses natural, premium ingredients to create gorgeous taste and texture. Laura had a career in technology sales before a life-changing moment made her become a chef. Laura shares her story of the last 22 years working for the brand she created and how persistence
and perfection pays off.

Don’t miss this conversation if you want the inside scoop on starting a business and building a brand. Laura reminds you it’s never too late to change the direction of your career. Also, she shares insights on lessons learned after losing $100,000 and how persistence cultivates resilience. You’ll pick up tips on retail expansion and learning to say no. Other highlights include managing money to support business growth, bouncing back from failure, and the importance of creating relationships with business partners you can trust.

Arizona made Laura’s Gourmet Granola is a nationally recognized brand of specialty granola, created by professional chef Laura Briscoe. Each artisan crafted flavor of Laura’s Gourmet Granola uses only natural, premium ingredients resulting in this chef’s “trifecta” of taste, texture and mouthfeel.

Laura’s Gourmet Granola is certified gluten free, certified kosher and certified woman owned. Key core values include inclusivity and transparency, evidenced in the variety of flavors available for a variety of dietary needs and restrictions. As the first and truest chef driven granola on the market, Laura’s Gourmet Granola redefines what true granola is and should taste like.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Political Science and French, Chef Laura Briscoe spent nearly 15 years as a sales executive in the tech industry working for companies including Apple and Oracle. In 2001, Chef Laura changed career paths, attending culinary school in Arizona. She started her first business, Celebrated Cuisine, a private event and high-end catering company, in 2002.

Highly organized, passionate and dedicated, Chef Laura approached each event with a detailed focus on haute cuisine, attention to detail, focus on client satisfaction and ability to exceed client and guest needs, resulting in unparalleled events and hospitality. Culinary instruction has included private, small group classes plus larger corporate team buildings, in addition to recurring guest spots on local programs all with the intention of demystifying recipes and creating more confident home cooks.

In 2004, Chef Laura created a recipe now known as Vanilla Almond Crunch, the flagship flavor of Laura’s Gourmet Granola and earned placement on the retail shelf of AJs Fine Foods. Nearly 19 years later, Laura’s Gourmet Granola is a recognized brand of specialty granola of which all are all-natural, certified gluten free, certified kosher pareve, with vegan options, available at specialty grocers throughout the US.

In addition to retail, Laura’s Gourmet Granola offers foodservice solutions which have been distributed nationally since 2012, providing hospitality, education, healthcare and athletics a delicious, healthful and clean addition to their menus. In 2021, Laura’s Gourmet Granola began offering custom foodservice blends for other entrepreneurs to use in their retail solutions.

Today, Laura’s Gourmet Granola includes 9 distinctly delicious flavors. Always artisan crafted in its own facility in Tempe, Laura’s Gourmet Granola is also certified woman owned by WBEC, the most recognized name in this diverse certification.

Chef Laura lives in Scottsdale with her husband, Michael, where their “downtime” is spent hiking, working out, cooking and returning their home, built in 1961, to its rightful midcentury modern glory.

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About Your Hosts

Emmanuel Williams, CEO and co-founder, DetailXPerts

With a background in engineering, Emmanuel built DetailXPerts around a sophisticated steam cleaning process that saves water and sanitizes.

As a leading authority on green cleaning practices, Emmanuel has dedicated his career to promoting environmentally friendly cleaning methods in the auto detailing and commercial cleaning industries.

He is also passionate about supporting local communities and mentoring entrepreneurs seeking sustainable franchise opportunities.

Angela Williams, President and co-founder, DetailXPerts

Angela has a deep understanding of business and all things entrepreneur related. Her expertise includes Information Technology, Financial Systems, and Accounting.

She is a certified Project Management Professional, too. Her insights and experience drive the success of DetailXPerts, a thriving eco brand. Angela is always active in an evolving business landscape, from championing green tech to building strong client relationships. She’s also dedicated to mentoring franchisees from startup to success.

Together, Emmanuel and Angela bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table and are excited about talking to other entrepreneurs and leaders who share their passion for inspiring listeners on More Details, Please.

About Our Sponsor

DetailXPerts is a mobile detailing, truck wash, and commercial cleaning company that brings eco-friendly and efficient services to socially conscious customers. Its unique steam cleaning technology guarantees a deeper clean and continues to drive innovation in three competitive markets.

The company started as a steam cleaning car wash in 2002 and established its first car wash franchise in 2008. Now DetailXPerts has franchise units operating nationwide and in other water-stricken areas in the world.

At DetailXPerts’ core is the triple bottom-line philosophy of people, planet, and profits. Every day, the company strives hard to make the world a better, greener place while providing jobs to those in need and earning some profit in the process.

The company motto is “We bring a greener clean”. And it fulfils its promise thanks to green tech, mobile units, and on-demand services prioritizing customer convenience and sustainability.

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