Sprouts (grocery chain)
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Sprouts is a privately owned Arizona
-based chain of specialty grocery store
s with 103 locations in Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas. Sprouts stores are smaller than a typical supermarket
, focusing on fresh foods, produce, healthy foods and vitamins/supplements.
Their main distributor is Natures Best. They chose Natures Best, because Whole Foods Market
, a rival has a very good relationship with the only other natural food distributor, United Natural Foods
. They target middle class customers. Their main cliche is good "special items" on organic and natural products. Everything a Henry's farmers market is, Sprouts is the same for the most part.
Sprouts is the second specialty market brand developed by the Henry Boney family, who sold their Henry's Farmers Market in 1999. Sprouts has announced that it will be merging with Henry's Farmers Market and Sun Harvest. The combined company, which will eventually operate under the name Sprouts Farmers Market, will have 98 stores and more than 7,000 employees at the time the transaction closes, which is expected to be early in the second quarter of 2011.
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
-based chain of specialty grocery store
Grocery store
A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...
s with 103 locations in Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas. Sprouts stores are smaller than a typical supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
, focusing on fresh foods, produce, healthy foods and vitamins/supplements.
Their main distributor is Natures Best. They chose Natures Best, because Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market is a foods supermarket chain based in Austin, Texas which emphasizes "natural and organic products." The company has been ranked among the most socially responsible businesses and placed third on the U.S...
, a rival has a very good relationship with the only other natural food distributor, United Natural Foods
United Natural Foods
United Natural Foods, Incorporated , also known as UNFI, is an independent national distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods and related products in the United States, distributing from 18 centers across the US and Canada...
. They target middle class customers. Their main cliche is good "special items" on organic and natural products. Everything a Henry's farmers market is, Sprouts is the same for the most part.
Sprouts is the second specialty market brand developed by the Henry Boney family, who sold their Henry's Farmers Market in 1999. Sprouts has announced that it will be merging with Henry's Farmers Market and Sun Harvest. The combined company, which will eventually operate under the name Sprouts Farmers Market, will have 98 stores and more than 7,000 employees at the time the transaction closes, which is expected to be early in the second quarter of 2011.