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Amazon to Close Go and Fresh Stores, Expand Whole Foods Market
Amazon announced it will be closing all its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical store locations while expanding its Whole Foods Market business. “While we’ve seen encouraging signals in our Amazon-branded physical grocery stores, we haven’t yet created a truly distinctive customer experience with the right economic model needed for large-scale expansion,” Amazon wrote. “After ...
Natural Grocers Celebrates 70th Anniversary, Announces Special Deals
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (Lakewood, CO) is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year and the company announced a large-scale celebration across all 169 stores. “As we mark our 70th Anniversary, we’re proud to carry forward the vision my grandparents, Margaret and Philip Isely, began in 1955,” said Raquel Isely, vice president of marketing for Natural Grocers. “My grandmother’s ...
Brian Mosser Becomes New Owner of Get Healthy
Get Healthy Vitamins and Natural Foods, an independent natural retailer located in Brooksville and Spring Hill, FL, announced Brian Mosser purchased the business from founders Karen Greenway and Laura DeWitt, becoming the new owner. Mosser started working at Get Healthy nearly 20 years ago where he started as a store clerk. Through hard work, passion ...
Sprouts Farmer’s Market Expands Presence in Virginia
On May 12, Sprouts Farmer’s Market, based in Phoneix, AZ, opened its second location in Virginia. The new store, which occupies 26,000 square feet of space, is located in Manassas, Prince William County, in the 250,000-square-foot Manaport Plaza. The national retailer signed a lease with Finmarc Management, a real estate investment and management firm which ...
Natural Grocers Invites Denver’s Central Park Community to Grand Opening Celebration
Natural Grocers has announced the upcoming opening of its 44th Colorado location at 3165 N. Central Park Blvd., Denver, CO. The store plans to host its Grand Opening Celebration Event on Saturday, January 7, 2023, with giveaways, discounts, prize sweepstakes and more. Natural Grocers’ good4u Crew will kick off the festivities at 8:20 a.m. with a donation presentation to ...
USDA to Invest in Expanding SNAP Online Shopping
The USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service has announced it is seeking applications for a $5 million competitive grant to help expand the number of retailers that offer SNAP online shopping. The SNAP EBT Modernization Technical Assistance Center grant will fund an organization to provide extensive support to retailers with the technology and systems needed for ...
California Retailer Banks on Herbal Expertise
Green’s Nutrition (Stockton, CA) Green’s Nutrition in California has been open for 25 years—Eunice Green, NHD, the store’s sole proprietor—noted that up until 2010, its location was in a 1,000-square-foot space on Waterloo Road in Stockton, CA. At that point, she made the shift to Pacific Avenue in Stockton’s historic Miracle Mile shopping district, a ...
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