, which Stockstill says required hiring an employee to handle documentation while another worker prepared drinks. Owners are required to keep their clubs in compliance with a series of rules: They’re not allowed to advertise their affiliation with Herbalife on exterior signage or marketing materials, cannot advertise to attract walk-in traffic, and must limit the number of drinks a customer can purchase during each visit.
After they opened the shop, the Stockstills saw posts on social media about the harm of MLM companies like Herbalife. “It was a good moment for us to step back and ask ourselves why so many people were opposed to Herbalife,” she says. “One night, we just stayed up looking at all these claims and we were shocked. We talked to friends who hadn’t been supportive of our business to hear why, and we talked to former distributors about their experiences, and none of them were good.