Bookseller Dymocks buys Healthy Habits
Lema Samandar writing in The Brisbane Times, February 3, 2009

Australian bookseller Dymocks Pty Ltd has branched out into the food business by purchasing an 80 per cent stake in sandwich bar chain Healthy Habits Franchising Pty Ltd.
The deal was made for an undisclosed sum and includes 30 sandwich bar franchises.

"We've been looking for some time now for a good Australian business on a growth curve and we came across Healthy Habits about six or eight months ago," Dymocks chief executive Don Grover told AAP.
Mr Grover said Dymocks will also look to aggressively expand the sandwich bars.
"We think this model is a very good one for a broad distribution around shopping centres in Australia and internationally.
"We got another ten (stores) confirmed for this year so far and we're obviously going to look for as many as we can handle over the next 18 months."

Dymocks will run the two business as separate operations but synergies will take place in its finance IT and legal departments.
The founder of Healthy Habits, Katherine Sampson, will retain a 20 per cent equity holding and remain managing director.

The full report online at The Brisbane Times here.