POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
David M. Kastin, Brenda M. Galgano and Michael A. Jaffe, and each of them acting
or signing alone, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (the "Company"),
any and all reports required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company,
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5 or other report required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and timely file such report with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;

(3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which may be legally required by the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his
reasonable discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that no such attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is the Company hereby
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file reports under Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 1st day of October, 2015.

/s/ Lou Weiss
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LOU WEISS