EAS leaves Canada!!

[big in vegas]

EAS no longer in Canada? Well after over 15 years of selling supplements made from watered down U.S. formulas, it looks like EAS may be loading up the EAS transport and heading home to Columbus, Ohio for good. EAS is closing their doors in Canada according to sources! If you’ve been following the Canadian supplement scene you’ll have known that the warning signs were right there all this time.

A source close to EAS leaving Canada story forwarded the following email that allegedly came right from EAS/Abbott:

Dear Valued Customer,
We have an important update to share with you regarding the availability of EAS® and ZonePerfect® brand products in Canada. After careful consideration, Abbott Nutrition has decided to discontinue sales of EAS and ZonePerfect products in Canada and will exit the market by March 31, 2011. To minimize impact to your business during this transition, we are here to provide support until March 31, 2011. EAS and ZonePerfect brand products will be available until Abbott’s inventory is depleted. There will be no distributor in Canada for these products. EAS and Zone Perfect will only be available in the USA. If you have any questions, please contact Customer Services at 1-800-294-1954. Should your consumers contact you with questions regarding the availability of these products, please share the attached communication with them. We thank you for your business and interest in EAS and ZonePerfect products. We have enjoyed serving you.
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So What Caused EAS To Leave Canada?

If the rumour is true, here are a few considerations:

* Was it the thousands of dollars that went into the WBFF’s and IFDA’s bank for show sponsorships?

* Was it the Incredible Hulk campaign?

* Was it the massive focus on bars and RTDs which have proven time and time again to be very unprofitable on a per unit basis?

* Their large office space and warehouse in Oakville?

* Trying to do the distribution all themselves instead of relying on top distributors Nutrition Club or True North?

* Was it the loss of their president Steve Gibb who left to join distribution company Karma?

* Or how about the massive sampling programs and expense accounts many executives had over the years?

* Okay, okay, maybe it was just the scheduled meeting with MUSCLE INSIDER magazine they blew off with no notice that caused owner Scott Welch to make a call to the folks at Abbott to tell them to shut shit down up here? Maybe not!

Well it’s not their sales team to blame that’s for sure, as they had EAS products everywhere in Canada! My question is: What would founder Bill Phillips say if he could see what’s become of the company he started!?

 

[NAIR]

lol Bill Phillips Body for Life was my introduction to bodybuilding. When I was a kid I picked up his book and started training like that for a few years. THis was back in the 90d when he was the CEO of EAS. Now EAS is some POS corporation owned by bankers

 

[big in vegas]

Eating and Body for Life were a couple of great books

 

[mike ross]

umm...I know Phillips personally and if you think he cares, youre crazy..he gives one shit about you or what you think about him. He made his 300 million on EAS, yes 300 million. Bill is very smart guy and knows his shit, but he turned his back on many in the day. He use to write about steroid use, and his steroid use. Then when EAS starting making a name for itself, he condemned it and anyone using. All the while Bill was using. See Bill was and is probably the single greatest business man ive ever met. He took something no one wanted and made it mainstream. Wrote books, etc and good BIG PHARMA ABBOTT to buy his company. Thats impressive. Nair, i know you like to comment a lot, but you really dont know a lot about people in this industry it seems. You think these companies care about you and they dont. Its a 3 billion plus year operation, the supplement business...they exploit you, athletes, anyone they can. Very few companies care. Thats why certain people like doggcrapp get so much love and worship. They CARE. Time and time again. Same with me. I dont turn people away. I dont make excuses. I try to help each and every person that asks. I try to be upfront and real. Look at companies like ALR. they hire doctors and all this shit to prove to you their shit works. Then when their products are sampled, they contain steroids, amphetamine. Hmmm, maybe because the product doesnt work and its all hype...Go to their website and see the videos of theirs that spew bullshit and marketing bullshit and lies...no science, just propaganda...

sorry had to rant, long day

 

[big in vegas]

Yea, that's why I won't be going elsewhere once I start going through PN, hopefully you guys will be around for a while. Not sure how long you've already been around, but everything seems upfront and we can actually talk to the main people involved in operations, can't do that with any other supp company that I know of

 

[NAIR]

HUH? I just said I liked Bill Philips back in the day when I was a kid.

I don't know if he cares about anoyone but himself and personally I couldn't care less. Not a shit. It wasn't my point. I don't use EAS, care about it, them, him, and frankly, now, you.

Take your rant up on someone else

 

[Presser]

lol, i seen this coming a mile away,lol, mainly cause i didnt see nair saying anything accept he liked the guys books or someshit, and didnt see him come across like he knew anything about the industry,lol, so yep i smelled this one out lol

 

[mike ross]

my apologies nair. i read something the wrong way. But i will admit im wrong.

 

[XXXX]

Big man to admit when hes wrong, now nair give him a hug and lets get on with the main subject. I used to use EAS shit, frankly I never liked it except the myogen. That company has gone down since the changes, doesnt Caanada have dofferent laws on supps though?

 

[big in vegas]

I never used EAS. I don't know why, but I was never too impressed with anything of theirs, but that's just me. I know a lot of people I used to train with loved their meal replacements

 

[NAIR]

my apologies nair. i read something the wrong way. But i will admit im wrong.

No hard feelings. We all have those days.