- July 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
PITTSFIELD — Kimberly Allardyce grew up in Pittsfield attending yoga classes with her mother. Her father was an avid meditator. No, there was nothing unusual about her family.
“We weren’t that family, you know, that’s really out there,” Allardyce said, laughing. “They [her parents] were just normal people, but they had a wellness practice integrated into their lives.”
Those practices rubbed off on their daughter, who has spent her entire career in the wellness industry, first as an instructor, then on the business side.
In 2017, Allardyce joined Shire City Herbals — it’s a Pittsfield-based manufacturer of vinegar-based health tonics — as vice president of business development. In February, Allardyce became the company’s CEO.
In 2019, a federal judge resolved a four-year legal battle between Shire City Herbals and a group of herbalists over the use of the Fire Cider name, which Shire City had trademarked in 2012. The…