{"id":794097,"date":"2026-07-30T21:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/794097\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:24:16","slug":"popular-canadian-health-food-store-heal-wellness-to-open-first-victoria-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/794097\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Canadian health food store HEAL Wellness to open first Victoria location\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria\u2019s food scene is about to get a whole lot healthier!<\/p>\n<p>HEAL Wellness, a Canadian health food shop that began in Hamilton, Ontario in 2019, has finally made it out to Vancouver Island.<\/p>\n<p>The new location will be at 3956 Shelbourne Street at University Heights, close to the university and many other amenities.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by Jay Zuccato and Jesse Davidson, HEAL Wellness has been serving up a\u00e7ai bowls and healthy smoothies to Canadians for years, and has expanded quickly across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u2605 Buzz-Worthy Business<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p>Mango&#8217;s Boutique Menswear<\/p>\n<p>Clothing<\/p>\n<p class=\"eta-spotlight-tagline\">Mens Clothing , MENSWEAR<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd Victoria<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"eta-spotlight-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriabuzz.com\/?eta_click=1889&amp;dest=site&amp;eta_place=spotlight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\">Visit Website \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With over a dozen locations in Hamilton and Toronto alone, the business has blown up in Ontario in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve also expanded out west, and already have several locations open in Vancouver, Abbotsford and Chilliwack. This new location in Victoria will mark their first on Vancouver Island.<\/p>\n<p>HEAL Wellness says their bowls and smoothies are made in front of customers, with a base of fruit and nutrient-rich foods like a\u00e7ai, chia seeds, hemp hearts and add-ons such as nut butters and protein powders.<\/p>\n<p>While an official opening date has not yet been announced, the company made a post on their social media in January of 2026 announcing the Vancouver Island location, and have recently added the address to their website.<\/p>\n<p>University Heights is currently going through a major redevelopment, and is welcoming a number of new businesses into the area, including Vancouver Island\u2019s first Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken location.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this ongoing construction, the new HEAL Wellness location is still being worked on; however, progress is consistently being made and smoothie enthusiasts on Vancouver Island should soon be able to enjoy a healthy meal at the new player in Victoria\u2019s health food scene.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Victoria Buzz on Google News<\/p>\n<p>Get local news, breaking updates and Vancouver Island stories directly through Google News.<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"vb-audience-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=victoriabuzz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/>\n            FOLLOW ON GOOGLE NEWS        <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victoria\u2019s food scene is about to get a whole lot healthier! HEAL Wellness, a Canadian health food shop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[97,269],"class_list":["post-794097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-health","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}