Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op to open store at Roanoke’s farmers market
The Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op will open a second location on the Roanoke’s farmers market in the spring.
The downtown store, which will be about a fifth the size of the co-op’s current site on Grandin Road, will occupy the space where Thomas Market was located.
“We’re excited to be in the position to grow our cooperative,” Bruce Phlegar, the co-op’s general manager, said in a news release. “The growth of Downtown Roanoke shows us that it’s the right place for us to be.”
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December 10, 2012 - 11:09 AM
I support the co-op and have been a member/owner for many years. I hope the plans are to offer items currently not available on the market such as spices, bulk grains and snacks,frozen vegetarian items, tofu,etc. The farmers already there sell produce and I would hate to see their sales suffer if the co-op does too.
As a downtown resident, yay!!
@Sandra: The Co-op stressed to me that they want to be good neighbors to the vendors on the market and complement their offerings.
Great idea.