I never dreamed of starting a juice business. And I never dreamed of being an entrepreneur. Rewind back to the year 2012 when next to no one drank green juice. Like no one. The entire idea was ridiculous. Except it wasn’t! My neighbor Elizabeth and I often talked about how we weren’t really feeling our best. We both had three young children at home, were working, were not eating the best foods, and were staying up late to try and get everything done. It sort of felt like we were aging in dog years…no thanks! We started making juice every day and instantly noticed the difference. More energy, more positive outlook, we dropped the excess weight, we craved more fruits and vegetables and our skin had this magical glow! Juice worked like a charm!
We figured out really fast that making juice was one of the messiest and most time-consuming tasks we had ever done, so we worked out this master plan to take turns. I made juice for Elizabeth for a week, then she made juice for me the next week. I freaking LOVED when it was Elizabeth’s turn because organic juice magically showed up at my doorstep!
Around that same time my friend Mollie asked me if I would make juice for her for a week so she could try it. The next week she sent five customers my way, then 10 more and when we looked up had 80 weekly customers!!! The Weekly Juicery was going before we even knew what was happening! We had three rules way back then:
1) We use 100% organic produce. No exceptions.
2) We made vegetable-centric juices. Many of our recipes have zero fruit.
3) We focussed on teaching our customers the “why” behind drinking our juices.
Kimmye Bohannon is a serial juice drinker, CEO of The Weekly Juicery, and the creator of The Juice Ritual, The Guided Juice Experience and the Chasing Good Health programs. Before starting The Weekly Juicery, Kimmye worked at JPMorgan Chase in investments and risk management. In 2012, she started making juice and delivering it to friends' doorsteps so they could experience the power of organic juice. Today, The Weekly Juicery is delivering organic juice to doorsteps nationwide.
Elizabeth has been an avid juice drinker, juice faster and our amazing Juice Concierge for the last ten years. There isn't a juice question she can't answer! She and Kimmye used to make juice together all night long and deliver it the next morning. She's developed many of The Weekly Juicery's most famous juice recipes like Cool Kale Energy, Green Acres and Orange You Happy. You won't find a more knowledgeable juice drinker in all the land.