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 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.
