Southern View: December 20, 2016

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Food business focuses on
healthy choices
Their experiences on New Zealand
reality TV show MKR was the catalyst for
two Christchurch women, Ricki and Jessie,
to start their own food business – with the
focus firmly on healthy eating.
The pair spent many hours spent tasting,
testing and developing a series of healthy,
nutritionally balanced salads before
launching Healthkicks in April 2015.
“We wanted to provide healthy
options for everyday people,” says Ricki.
“Everyone’s busy these days and as a result
they sometimes find it quicker and easier
to get fast foods, which are often unhealthy.
We wanted to change that culture and offer
healthier options.”
Their selection of fresh, tasty salads
can be purchased in takeaway containers,
which hold a generous portion of up to
500 grams for $10. The salads can also be
vacuum-packed, so they will last longer in
the fridge. Those without lettuce can be
served hot or cold.
They are also available as platters to
serve at parties and barbeques, and with
Christmas Day and other festive occasions
coming up, these would be ideal, Ricki says.
They are delivered in vacuum packs for
easy storage. And as a healthy sweet treat
for ‘afters’, Healthkicks has the delicious
snickers slice.
Items are ordered through the website,
healthkicks.nz, with free delivery available
throughout the Christchurch area –
minimum purchase $30. Orders placed by
6pm will be delivered the following day,
Monday to Friday.
“We are finding that customers are
ordering a week’s worth of salads on a
Monday so they are set up for the week,”
says Ricki. “Our food speaks for itself. As
well as vegetables and proteins it contains
healthy carbs, so it keeps you full.”
Healthkicks also has a shop in
Avonhead, at 104 Staveley Street, phone
342 9541, where customers can purchase
items or pick up their orders. Business
hours are Monday 9am-1.30pm, Tuesday
to Friday, 6.30am-1.30pm.
Ricki and Jessie with their Healthkicks delivery van
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