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Natural Grocers Opens In Logan
LOGAN, Utah, April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Grocers by Vitamin
Cottage, Inc. (NYSE: NGVC), the natural foods chain that has changed
many customers' lives with its nutrition education, higher standards
and more affordable prices, is opening its second Utah location in
Logan today at 1075 North Main Street, suite 110 ( phone:
435-752-3200).
"We are thrilled to expand our nutrition expertise and delicious food
options to Logan," said Kemper Isely, co-president of Natural Grocers.
"We look forward to engaging with the local community about healthy
living."
Shoppers in the Logan area may wonder how a grocery store can change
people's lives. "It's because we provide the resources that people
need to live a life of optimum health and vitality even when facing
health challenges," Isely explained.
-- Our stores offer ways to help you take the best care of your own
health. Each store offers many free science-based health and nutrition
learning resources. We provide World Class customer service to help
you find just the products you need, including exceptionally high
quality natural and organic groceries, natural body care and dietary
supplements - all at affordable prices.
-- What's missing when you walk through our doors? All those bad
things you keep reading about. Natural Grocers will not sell any
grocery product that contains artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners,
preservatives, or harmful trans fats. Yet our shelves are full of
amazing food and products, including fantastic, worry-free foods for
you, your children and even for your pets. (See: "What We Won't Sell
and Why.")
-- We sell only USDA Certified Organic produce. No more guessing
whether the produce you are buying is possibly treated with pesticides
and preservatives -- or even if it has been mixed with something that
has been treated. At Natural Grocers, it's all organic -- and we work
hard to make organic affordable.
-- The meats in our stores come from animals that were raised without
the use of antibiotics, growth promoters or feed containing animal by
products.
-- Each Natural Grocers store has a credentialed Nutritional Health
Coach (NHC). We provide this service free of charge, because no one
should be excluded from receiving advice and information that can help
them live a healthier life. NHCs can answer questions on special diet
needs, help you design a personalized supplement and eating program,
or point you toward the products that support your health and fitness
goals. You can even sign up for individual coaching sessions or attend
a nutrition class or cooking demonstration in our teaching kitchen.
-- Throughout the store, our knowledgeable staff welcomes your
questions about special diets like gluten-free, Paleo,
vegetarian/vegan, and low-glycemic, or about specific supplements or
products. If you read it on the Internet or saw it on TV, come talk to
us first for help understanding the science behind the hype.
-- We support local products and local farmers when we open a store.
Shoppers can look for more than 2,350 products from over 30 Utah
companies. We are always looking for opportunities to bring in meat,
produce and dairy from Utah producers. Check our website for new
product approval guidelines.
-- Logan shoppers can come in to get yummy cooking demos, hear
speakers or attend seminars to enhance the depth of your nutrition
knowledge (schedule:
http://www.naturalgrocers.com/store-locations/logan/UT/events.)
-- We don't offer plastic or paper shopping bags at our registers, but
if you forget your reusable totes, we'll gladly pack your groceries in
free recycled boxes. We do sell inexpensive reusable shopping bags,
AND each time you shop with your own reusable totes, we will make a
donation to the local food bank.
-- Tuesday, April 15 th is Grand Opening Day! Grand Opening Week runs
April 19th thru April 26th. Please join us for: Many delicious food
tastings Knowledgeable representatives from supplement manufacturers
Body care samples Grand Prizes are as follows: (Drawing will be May
30th. Need not be present to win.) iPad compliments of Natural
Grocers iPod compliments of Country Life $500 Natural Grocers Gift
card compliments of NOW Foods Vitamix High Performance Blender
compliments of Nature's Way/Enzymatic Therapy lines Cuisinart Food
Processor compliments of Garden of Life Tokyo Citizen Collapsible
adult bike compliments of Honest Tea Daily giveaway gift baskets
Of special note, Natural Grocers will soon be unveiling some of the
strictest dairy ingredient standards in the industry. Our goal is to
keep GMO feed, veterinary drug residues and inhumane treatment out of
the milk production system that provides dairy products for our
customers. "We hope to spark a conversation with our communities and
the nation about how our food is raised, and how it impacts so many
other parameters that we sometimes forget to consider: food quality,
health, sustainability, community well-being, and animal welfare,"
said Isely.
The Logan Natural Grocers will be open Monday through Saturday from
8:56 a.m. to 8:04 pm. On Sunday the store will be open from 9:56 a.m.
to 7:06 p.m. Customers are welcome to come a little early or to stay
and shop a little late.
About Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers by Vitamin
Cottage (NGVC): Founded in Colorado by Margaret & Philip Isely in
1955, Natural Grocers was built on the premise that consumers should
have access to affordable, high-quality foods and dietary supplements,
along with nutrition knowledge to help them support their own health.
The family-run store has since grown into a successful national chain
with locations across Colorado, Texas, Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma,
Missouri, New Mexico, Montana, Kansas, Idaho, Nebraska, Arizona and
Oregon, and employs over 2000 people. Although the company went
public in July 2012, Isely family members continue to manage the
company day to day, building on the foundation of their parents'
business. Natural Grocers' popularity and success can be traced back
to its founding principles: dedication to providing science based
nutrition education, exceptional customer service, the highest quality
natural and organic products at affordable prices, supporting our
communities and providing great jobs with excellent benefits and a
living wage to our employees. www.naturalgrocers.com
SOURCE Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
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