Hand & Stone featured on NJ.com in an article titled, "
Former Rutgers football standout opens massage, facial spa in West Long Branch." The article begins by detailing Jim’s time as a standout defensive end on the Rutgers football team and his decision to open up a Hand & Stone in West Long Branch. Jim is quoted about his athletic career and his life now. The article then gives details about Hand & Stone and includes a quote from Todd about what sets Hand & Stone apart from competitors. Todd also talks about how a lot of couples are opening Hand & Stone franchises and that’s the type of owner the company likes. Jim goes on to talk about how they looked at fitness clubs, but decided on a Hand & Stone after Cheryl enjoyed the Hand & Stone in Toms River. The article ends by talking about the fact that the Hand & Stone is in a shopping center that has had several store locations vacant for a while, but is turning around. Click
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Former Rutgers football standout opens massage, facial spa in West Long Branch
By: Rob Spahr
WEST LONG BRANCH – In the mid-1990’s Jim Guarnera was a standout defensive lineman for the Rutgers University football team, a position filled with a fair amount of competitiveness and violence.
That is all in the past.
On June 24, Guarnera and his wife, Cheryl, opened a business on the other end of the violence spectrum – a Hand & Stone massage and facial spa in the Consumer Centre shopping plaza on Route 36.
