Vitamin Shoppe helps vitamin-takers meet their recommended daily requirements. The fast-growing company sells vitamins, supplements, and minerals, as well as herbal, homeopathic, and sports nutrition and wellness products at more than 750 company-operated The Vitamin Shoppe stores located in some 45 US states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Canada. It also sells directly via catalog, and the websites VitaminShoppe.com and BodyTech.com. Stores offer about 20,000 items, including food and beverages and pet products, under more than 800 national and private-label brands. Vitamin Shoppe was founded in 1977.