Sprouts confirms 2016
opening in Clovis

A new Sprouts Farmers Market will be built in Clovis, the
company announced Monday.

BY BETHANY CLOUGH bclough@fresnobee.com

Sprouts Farmers Market officially
announced Monday it plans to open a Clovis store. The Bee first reported plans
to open the grocery store in a former Save Mart at the Trading Post Shopping
Center at Clovis and Herndon avenues in May. The specialty grocery store with a
focus on natural and organic food plans to open 27 new stores next year. Each
will employ about 100 people.

The company declined to give a
specific opening date, saying only that the store will open within the first
three months of 2016. The Trading Post, which will also be home to a Pieology,
a Ross and a Skechers shoe store, has a new owner who is revamping the center.
Work already has started with the removal of mature trees – which are being
replaced – inspiring a backlash in June. Sprouts has a store at Blackstone and
Alluvial in Fresno that opened in May 2013.

Bethany Clough: 559-441-6431, @BethanyClough

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