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Sprouts unveils first new stores for 2019

Specialty grocer plans total of 30 new locations for the year

Russell Redman

October 25, 2018

2 Min Read
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Sprouts Farmers Market announced the first locations of 30 new stores it plans to open next year.

In the 2019 first quarter, seven new stores are slated to open their doors in five states, including locations in Carlsbad and Fontana, Calif.; Clearwater and Naples, Fla.; Las Vegas; Lynnwood, Wash.; and Sugar Land, Texas.

Phoenix-based Sprouts noted that the Lynnwood store will mark the grocer’s second Washington location. The fresh, natural and organic food retailer opened its first store in the state this past August in Mill Creek.

Grand opening dates for each of the new stores are upcoming. Today, Sprouts opened a new 30,000-square-foot store in Winter Park, Fla., the retailer’s first Orlando-area location and its seventh Florida store.

During the first half of 2018, Sprouts opened 16 new stores, including its first location in South Carolina (Simpsonville) in June, which was the 300th Sprouts store. The chain also entered its third new state this year — Pennsylvania — with the mid-September opening of a 32,000-square-foot store at Lincoln Square in South Philadelphia.

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Sprouts projects capital expenditures of $165 million to $170 million for 2018, including the opening of about 30 stores. Net sales are forecast to grow 10.5% to 11.5%, with same-store sales rising 1.5% to 2.5%.

Currently, Sprouts operates 315 stores in 19 states.

At the recent SN Financial Analysts Roundtable in New York, grocery retail analysts said Sprouts has snared business from conventional supermarket chains and could be an acquisition target.

“They’ve proven to be a very successful concept relative to traditional grocers and are taking market share from them,” Jefferies analyst Christopher Mandeville said at the event.

Sprouts stores offer fresh produce, meat and seafood from The Butcher Shop and Fish Market departments, freshly prepared entrees and sides at the Market Corner Deli, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, dairy, bakery and natural body care items. More than 2,400 Sprouts-brand products also are available in the retailer’s offering of thousands of natural, organic and gluten-free grocery items.

To help fuel its expansion, Sprouts in late July announced the renewal of its distribution agreement with KeHE Distributors LLC. The seven-year pact made KeHE the primary distribution partner of natural, organic and fresh products for Sprouts through 2025.

About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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