What happens when a serial-entrepreneur begins making soap? Good Nature Essentials, that’s what happens. A store whose inception began during the summer of 2017 in the home of our owner, Jim Foltz, and is now blossoming into a full-on enterprise with big goals and high hopes. Soap making was fun, but Jim possesses far too much vision to keep it as a fun hobby.
Jim is a seeker of excellence when it comes to his products; if he is selling something, he wants to ensure that it is going to be the best possible for his customers. To begin perfecting the product Jim hired on a scientist from the local high school. After development, the soap began showing signs of serious potential and then he met Roberta Boitnott.
Roberta had owned her own natural products business in which she had also made everything by hand but had to press pause for personal reasons. When Jim and Roberta met in March 2018 their skill sets showed to be something of great promise. Roberta had all her recipes and well-loved products, and Jim had strong business expertise. Through hard work, recipes were perfected and word started to spread. They were supported by their families as they worked alongside them to start making Good Nature Essentials a reality.
Good Nature Essentials began production in a warehouse associated with Jim’s other business and in under a year began to grow quickly. They were going to shows and were gaining more and more interest than they could have thought. The business continued growing and in November 2018 they opened the doors to their store in Greenville, PA and things have begun to explode. From their third to fourth quarter sales jumped 42.5 times what it had been! They are also looking into more wholesale opportunities and were accepted to attend the largest handmade wholesale tradeshow in the United States. Good Nature Essentials is in the growth phase and they can’t wait to see where they will be off to next.
You can find Good Nature Essentials online at goodnatureessentials.com or in person at 48 W Main St. Greenville, PA. Contact them at 724-885-0019.