Sprouts Announces Eight New Stores, Including First Florida Location

Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market will be opening eight locations sometime in the first quarter of 2017 including its first store in Florida. That location is planned for an area north of Tampa.

Buyout Firm Onex In The Lead To Acquire Save-A-Lot

Private equity firm Onex Corp has made the best acquisition offer in an auction for Save-A-Lot, the discount grocery U.S. retail chain that Supervalu Inc has been considering divesting, according to people familiar with the matter.

Earth Fare Enters Tampa Bay

Earth Fare, an Asheville, N.C.-based organic supermarket chain, is opening its first store in the Tampa Bay area in Seminole at 7774 113th Street N., on Wednesday. It will be the fourth store to open in Florida, though the company plans to expand in Tampa Bay and the rest of the state next year.

You Can Now Call Avocados 'Healthy' ..Finally

October 3, 2016 Hass Avocado Board

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed new guidance for the use of the nutrient content claim “healthy” on food labeling, and fresh avocados meet the criteria. Long touted for the range of health and wellness benefits associated with them, avocados can finally bear the claim that sums it all up: avocados are healthy.  

United Fresh Start Foundation Connects Chicago Produce Members With Local School District

On Wednesday, September 28, the United Fresh Start Foundation organized an opportunity for salad bar donors from the Chicago area to visit several schools in East Aurora School District 131. The group had an opportunity to observe students using their new salad bars and learn about the district’s other innovative programs that are increasing students’ access and consumption of fresh produce at school and at home.