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Bashas’ Unveils Newly Remodeled Navajo Nation Grocery Store

by Alissa Marchat

Bashas’ Diné Market opened the doors this week to its newly remodeled store in Window Rock, Arizona, with a store blessing, remarks from Navajo Nation VP Jonathan Nez, and a performance from Roxyanne Harvey, a traditional Navajo singer. “From the moment shoppers step through the doors, they are welcomed by the new look and feel […]

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Sprouts Farmers Market Increases Net Sales By 16 Percent In 3Q

by Alissa Marchat

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. has released its results for the 13-week third quarter ended Oct. 1, reporting significant sales growth. Net sales for the third quarter of 2017 were $1.2 billion, a 16 percent increase compared to the same period in 2016. Net sales growth was driven by a 4.6 percent increase in comparable store […]

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Sprouts Offering Better-For-You Holiday Meals, ‘Grab ‘N Give’ Donations

by Alissa Marchat

Sprouts Farmers Market hopes to be the “grocery go-to for consumers planning a delicious and fresh holiday meal.” The specialty retailer is offering hundreds of organic, natural, gluten-free, vegan and plant-based ingredients for holiday entertaining, as well as fully prepared meals and catering trays. It also is looking to make giving back easier for shoppers […]

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Natural Grocers Partners With Denver Dealership For ‘Big Win’ Promotion

by Alissa Marchat

Colorado-based Natural Grocers and John Elway Dealerships are teaming up to bring a new promotion to Denver. The “Big Game! Big Win! Promotion” kicked off on Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 31. Participants can enter to win up to a three-year lease on a brand new Cadillac ATS, Jeep Renegade or Chevy Volt by going to one of […]

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Raley’s Partners With American Homestead To Offer GMO-Free Pork

by Alissa Marchat

Raley’s has entered into a new partnership across all its stores with American Homestead Pork, a group of family farms, for a program that will offer several varieties of fresh pork, all non-GMO and antibiotic-free. American Homestead is a group of thirty-five family farms in Iowa. Its animals are never given antibiotics or growth promotants, […]

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Natural Grocers Opening New Stores In Keller, North Fort Worth

by Alissa Marchat

Natural Grocers plans to open its 22nd and 23rd stores in the state of Texas, with two new locations expected to open in 2018. The two stores are located in Keller and North Fort Worth, Texas. Natural Grocers provides its communities with fresh produce that is USDA Certified Organic, naturally raised meats, pasture-based dairy products, […]

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Former Snyder’s-Lance CMO Joins Sky Valley Foods As President, CEO

by Alissa Marchat

Rodrigo Troni has joined Danville, Virginia-based Sky Valley Foods—maker of organic and natural salad dressings, specialty sauces, condiments, marinades, pasta sauces and sparkling drinks under the Sky Valley, Organicville and Bella’s brands—as its new president and CEO. Troni replaced Sky Valley Foods’ Interim CEO Scott Lurie on Oct. 16. Most recently, Troni served as chief marketing […]

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Harvey Relief Efforts Get A Boost From ‘Feeding Texas’ Organic Growers

by Alissa Marchat

Twenty-three Certified Organic produce growers and distributors from around the country, led by the team at Wholesum Harvest, have joined forces to help victims of Hurricane Harvey in Victoria and Corpus Christi, Texas. The growers have shipped 70,000 pounds of organic fruit and vegetables to Harvey Relief disaster zones. Jessie Gunn of Wholesum Harvest, who […]