2005 SBA AWARDS: Small Business Excellence Award Winners: Needs, Inc.

NEEDS, INC.

Owners: Andrew Fox

Headquarters: East Syracuse

Established: 1986

Type of Business: A mail-order-catalog company for vitamins and supplements, environmental equipment, and non-toxic personal-care and domestic products

Selected By: Support Service Alliance

Business Profile: NEEDS (Nutritional Ecological Environmental Delivery System) is an international mail-order resource that specializes in providing products, information, and education in areas including chemical sensitivity, environmental illness, fibromyalgia, and candida. Its selection of products includes vitamins/supplements, personal-care, domestics, pet-care, and environmental equipment.

Stan Meyerson started the business in 1986. NEEDS has on staff two naturopathic physicians and two wellness educators. It also has environmental equipment consultants available. NEEDS has formed a Health Panel in the areas of chemical sensitivities, fibromyalgia, environmental illness, candida, osteoporosis, menopause, nutrition, holistic dentistry, and holistic veterinary medicine.

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