Lakewood, Colorado-based Natural Grocers, a family-operated organic and natural grocery retailer, has announced opening of a new store in Gunnison, Colorado.
The store will be at 1000 N. Main St. Natural Grocers invites Gunnison residents and those from surrounding communities to attend a meet and greet 2:30-4:30 p.m. on May 17 at the Gunnison Workforce Center to learn more about the company’s history, founding principles and future employment opportunities.
“We are excited to be opening a new store in the beautiful city of Gunnison,” said Michelle Hines, senior recruiter for Natural Grocers.
“We look forward to serving the members of this community with our world-class customer service in the friendly and welcoming shopping environment we’re known for. Join us for our upcoming ‘Community Meet & Greet’ to learn more about our stores, our passion for health and sustainable practices and to ask us questions. We can’t wait to meet our future customers and crew members.”
To register for the event, click here.
As part of the company’s “Five Founding Principles,” Natural Grocers supports all employees by offering:
- Competitive pay, including the Natural Grocers Vitamin Bucks program, which provides their employees an extra $1-per-hour worked of in-store credit.
- Birthday bonus pay: equal to one day’s pay, which originated from founder Margaret Isely’s tradition of celebrating the birthdays of all employees by preparing lunch for them.
- Company-wide store discounts and credits of up to 30 percent on all Natural Grocers’ products, provide employees with substantial savings on high-quality groceries and supplements to help them retain more of the dollars they earn.
- Natural Grocers also offers comprehensive benefits packages to the more than 80 percent of its full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision insurance; flexible spending and health savings accounts; short- and long-term disability and life insurance; a 401K savings plan; generous paid time off; and extensive free nutrition education programs.
- Natural Grocers offers 100-percent organic produce, meat humanely raised without antibiotics, hormones or other growth promoters, 100-percent free-range eggs, 100-percent pasture-based dairy, GMO-free prepackaged bulk products, groceries that don’t contain any artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners or preservatives.
Applicants interested in employment opportunities, can apply for consideration at careers-naturalgrocers.icims.com. Headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado, the company employs about 1,600 good4u Crew members throughout its home state.
