2021 Sign-Up Showdown Update

The 2021 Sign-Up Showdown is happening now through December 1, 2021. Help customers sign up and select their store on sprouts.com or the Sprouts app and you’ll have a chance to win up to $200!

We’re just over halfway through the year, and it’s time for an update on who’s in the lead! Below you’ll find the top three stores company-wide and the top two stores in each region as of the end of P5.

Overall Top Stores:

  1. 16 (6,296)
  2. 851 (5,397)
  3. 920 (4,999)
Top two stores in each region:

San Diego South CA: 226, 233

San Diego North/Inland Empire: 210, 440

Orange County CA: 208, 426

Los Angeles CA: 403, 407

Los Angeles NO CA: 457, 458

Northern CA/Bay Area: 276, 279

Sacramento/East Bay: 404, 267

Nevada/Utah: 510, 504

Northwest AZ: 44, 13

 

 Southeast AZ: 16, 32

New Mexico SW: 150, 709

Florida: 628, 629

North TX: 157, 151

Central TX: 118, 134

South TX: 121, 156

KS/MO/OK: 812, 723

South CO: 334, 332

North CO: 322, 321

Mid-Atlantic: 851, 920

Georgia: 512, 525

Learn more and see how your store is doing in this year’s Showdown by visiting thevine-legacy.sprouts.com/sign-up-showdown.

Help Grow Our Team During the June Team Member Referral Contest!

During the month of June, we’re holding a Team Member Referral Contest where the top three stores company-wide with the most referral’s hired during June will win $500 for the store!

  • The contest runs now through June 30, 2021.
  • Hourly team members must be hired and have a start date of July 7, 2021 or sooner to be eligible for the contest.
  • Eligibility requirements for individual referral rewards still apply.

For more information, visit the Refer a Friend section of the Human Rescoures page or https://erp-sprouts.icims.com.

Create New Healthy Habits During Team Member Appreciation Week!

For this quarter’s Team Member Appreciation Week, we’re introducing Mindful Monday on Monday, June 7! Taking care of your physical health has a significant impact on your mental health, as well as your overall wellbeing. Whether you’re hoping to lose weight, set healthy goals or make a plan for lasting changes in your life, Sprouts has resources available for all team members.

Enrolled in a UnitedHealthcare plan? All team members enrolled in one of our UnitedHealthcare medical plans can participate in free support options to lose weight, feel better, and improve your overall health with Real Appeal! Head to sprouts.realappeal.com to get started and learn more. You can also scan the QR code to the right to sign up and start today!

Enrolled in a Kaiser plan? Wellness coaching is available at no extra cost for Kaiser Permanente members. Convenient telephone sessions focused on lifestyle coaching for mental, physical and emotional wellbeing are available. You can easily schedule calls with skilled experts to create achievable steps that fit with your lifestyle. Visit www.kp.org for more information.

Not enrolled in a Medical Plan? Lifestyle Coaching is available to you at no cost! Lifestyle coaches are certified to provide confidential and unbiased support, resources and accountability to help you achieve your goals. Call today 800-327-0638 to get started.

Watch Sprouts Virtually Ring the Nasdaq Closing Bell!

As part of Nasdaq’s Annual Wellness Week, Sprouts virtually rang the Nasdaq closing bell on Monday, January 4. Watch a recording of the event here, which includes a message from Chief Operations Officer Dan Sanders (starting at 5:04).

Thank you to all the team members who virtually joined Dan in ringing the closing bell! We appreciate your hard work and dedication in 2020.

Maria Perez, store #134

Corbin Harris, store #33

Jose Santoyo, store #430

Juha Salmi, store #625

Markeith Brackins, store #235

Heather Marshall, store #436

Felipe Barba, store #801

Dale Hoffner, store #2

Daryl Leong, store #208

Jana Lewis, store #512

Laura Carter, HRA – NorCal

Becky Patterson, HRA – San Diego/IE

Brie Codeus, HRA – Orange County

Michelle Powell, HRG – New Mexico/SW

Alisha Cheek, HRA – Nevada/Utah

Brandon Hartline, HRM – West

Byron Lindemann, HRM – East

Dyan Ekis, HRA – FL

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sprouts Awards 120 Grants to Local Nonprofits Focused on Children’s Nutrition Education and Food Access

Last week, the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation announced donations to 120 nonprofit partners across the country, bringing healthy food access and nutrition education to children and families in need. In this video, Chief Executive Officer Jack Sinclair and Executive Director of our Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation Lyndsey Waugh are joined by numerous nonprofit partners, talking about how Sprouts’ support is helping to provide critical nutrition access during the pandemic.

Leadership Video Spotlights Foundation Mission & Local Partners

A total of 85 stores were selected to host nonprofit partner check presentation ceremonies on Wednesday, October 14. The nonprofit organizations gave overviews of the programs Sprouts is supporting before they were awarded their grant check. Thank you, to all team members who attended, for your engagement and enthusiasm during the presentations. You can view our 2020 grant partner imagery gallery here and you can find in-store check presentation photos that took place last week in the slideshow below.

Sprouts Stores Award 88 Partners with In-Store Check Presentations
2020 Neighborhood Grant In-Store Check Presentations

Visit the Foundation page on sprouts.com to learn more about our work!

Be Inspired! See Our Incredible Partners in Action!

Across the country, the Sprouts Healthy Community Foundation’s nonprofit partners are providing children with invaluable lessons on growing and preparing fresh, healthy food. Below are videos that highlight some of our partners’ amazing work.

Jones Valley Teaching Farm (Birmingham, AL)
$100k donation from Foundation

Jones Valley Teaching Farm (JVTF) creates opportunities for academic exploration, personal growth, and pathways to leadership through its K-12 farming and culinary arts program. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, they work closely with Birmingham City Schools to operate Teaching Farms where young people learn to grow a healthy future for themselves and their community. Sprouts’ funding will support the creation and distribution of virtual STEM lessons and home gardening kits to keep students meaningfully engaged while learning remotely. Additionally, Sprouts’ support will help sustain JVTF’s seven school farms, resulting in an estimated 15,000 pounds of fresh produce and 5,000 seedlings grown for distribution to local residents.

Spaces of Opportunity (South Phoenix, AZ)
$50k donation (total $250k) from Foundation

Sprouts began its partnership with Spaces in 2015, as the first corporate funder to step forward and invest in the 18-acre community garden in South Phoenix. At that time, the project was in its infancy; Sprouts investment of $150k helped fund the build out of the community garden’s organizational infrastructure and on-site farmers market. In 2020, Sprouts awarded an additional $50k that will fund the fall/spring farmers market and support for local farmers, continuing to strengthen Spaces’ role as a thriving hub of local food, community, and culture.


Green Our Planet (Las Vegas, NV)
$10k donation from Foundation (second year as a grant recipient)

Through a 2019 Neighborhood Grant, Green Our Planet created the Sprouts Garden Nutrition Curriculum for children. This spring, the organization produced 15-minute mini-lessons using the Sprouts Nutrition Curriculum, and they began posting the lessons online. Through their 2020 Neighborhood Grant, Green Our Planet will distribute the video lessons to more than 10,000 parents, teachers and administrators through their newsletter list and to an additional 1,000 teachers across Nevada who work with Green Our Planet through their school gardening programs.

SproutsCon 2020 Video Awards & Message from Leadership

At SproutsCon, we bring many of our team members together, along with our vendor partners, to hear from our leaders, learn about innovative products that will continue to differentiate Sprouts as we grow, share stories and best practices with one another, and highlight outstanding team members.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, we made the difficult decision to cancel SproutsCon 2020 and although we weren’t able to gather in person this year, we want to take some time to share in the memories of past events and recognize top performers in our stores. This year may be different, but it’s always important to celebrate team members like you and make sure you still get to experience some of what we do at our annual conference!

Please watch the video below for a message from leadership, hear from some of our valued vendors, see a recap of past events, and finally, we’ll recognize our 2020 Store Managers and Department Managers of the Year.

Congratulations to each of the Store Manager and Department Manager of the Year recipients! Winners will receive plaques and jackets that are being sent to their store. See below for the full list of winners.

Don’t forget to check out the Sprouts app! As noted in the video, some of the featured vendors are offering team member exclusive coupons in the Sprouts app so you can try out their products.

Thank you to each of our team members for all your hard work this year!

Region Store Manager of the Year Store Perishable DM of the Year Store Non-Perishable DM of the Year Store
CO North Paul Trinidad 312 Mike Ingoglia 322 Jordan Stockton 310
CO South Jeremy Davis 328 Joshua Cussins 328 Rosemary Williams 320
Florida Pat Fraser 616 Gilbert Hamdan 616 Juha Salmi 620
Georgia Cornelius Lewis 519 Christopher Robinson 518 Jana Lewis 512
KS/MO/OK Felipe Barba 801 Amber Murphy 804 Tyler Roach 801
Mid-Atlantic Victor Vasquez 916 Diana Bernard 945 Zachary Shelton 542
TX Central Clarence Keese 110 Maria Perez 134 Jennifer Ayling 114
TX North Michael Coppolino 132 Donald Watson 126 Rolando Erni 147
TX South Jennifer Lusty 146 Ruben Yanez 146 Will Hawkins 146
AZ Northwest Dale Hoffner 2 Ray Blanchard 13 Hatixhe Syla 31
AZ Southeast Brian Navarro 33 Corbin Harris 33 Michael Hage 42
Inland Empire Jerry Tasevski 435 Jose Alcantar Martinez 210 Markeith Brackins 235
LA North Eric Sustin 218 Alexandrea Martinez 457 Chris Pitzel 214
LA South Eddie Gomez 403 Carlos Bengochea 236 Cjay Negrete 410
New Mexico/SW Adrian Ramirez 708 Andrea Contreras 153 Monique Barreras 701
NorCal/Bay Area Brian Braddock 433 Sean Tatum 276 Charles Brady 270
NorCal/Sacramento Antonio Molina 219 Wesley Benito 414 Heather Marshall 436
Orange County Daryl Leong 208 Mark Gutcher 260 Brenda Chavarri 426
San Diego Arturo Avila 228 Jose Santoyo 224 Lisa Campion 417
Nevada/Utah Joey Sanders 601 Kasey Wong 510 Danny Florio 509

Q3 2020 Team Member Appreciation Week Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winning stores in each region who were selected based on their theme, decorations, activities, and food for Q3 Team Member Appreciation Week festivities! Each of these stores will receive a $500 gift card. Click here to view more photos from all stores, and check out #TeamSprouts on Instagram to see posts from fellow team members during TMAW!

Colorado North: Store #314​ – Denver – 38th Ave., CO

Colorado South: Store #325 – Englewood, CO

Florida: Store #624 – Jacksonville, FL

Georgia: Store #522 – Duluth, GA

KS/MO/OK: Store #808 – Oklahoma City, OK

Mid-Atlantic: Store #919 – Pasadena, MD

Central Texas: Store #110 – Round Rock, TX

North Texas: Store #102 – Flower Mound, TX

South Texas: Store #152 – Sugar Land, TX

Northwest Arizona: Store #2 – Scottsdale – Shea Blvd., AZ

Southeast Arizona: Store #15 – Chandler – Alma School Rd., AZ

Inland Empire: Store #210 – Riverside, CA

Los Angeles North: Store #455 – Lynnwood, WA

Los Angeles South: Store #411 – Los Angeles – Venice Blvd., CA

New Mexico/Southwest: Store #703 – Albuquerque – Montgomery Blvd., NM

NorCal/Bay Area: Store #433 – San Jose, CA

Sacramento/East Bay: Store #436 – Redding, CA

Orange County: Store #242 – Mission Viejo, CA

San Diego South: Store #254 – Santee, CA

Nevada/Utah: Store #510 – Las Vegas – Rainbow, NV

Illuminators Educational Foundation Scholarship Opportunity

The Illuminators Educational Foundation provides college scholarships to further the education of members and families of the Illuminators, Western Association of Food Chains, and the California Grocers Association. All Sprouts team members who meet the criteria below are eligible for this scholarship opportunity!

You are eligible if you are a high school senior, full-time college student with one or more years of undergraduate or graduate work remaining, or an adult returning to college to further your career within the food industry.

Must be: (a) employed in the food industry or (b) a direct relative of a current organizational member of the llluminators, llluminators Educational Foundation, California Grocers Association, or Western Association of Food Chains.

Selection Criteria for all scholarship candidates ($2,500 University level and $1,000 community college level scholarships):

High School seniors and full-time college students, with one or more years of undergraduate (community college or university level) or graduate work remaining:

Analysis of high school/college GPA, school and community activities, moral character, and the submission of an essay on either of the following prompts:
• What qualities in a company encourage you to work for them?
• How do you see yourself making a difference in another person’s life?

Working adults – new or returning to college (community, undergraduate, or graduate level) to further their career within the food industry:

Analysis of most recent academic GPA, school and community activities, moral character, and the submission of the following essay prompt:
• Describe your career path and the ultimate results you aspire to achieve.

Essay can be submitted in writing or as a video. Details are posted on the website when you log in to apply.

Applications must be submitted complete (no exceptions) no later than March 1, 2021. Final selections will be announced by the llluminators scholarship committee no later than April 1, 2021.

Additional information is available online and in the brochure linked below. Go to: https://aim.applyists.net to learn more and apply.

 

Sign-Up Showdown Starts July 15!

Ready, set, collect! Celebrate your great relationships with customers while earning a chance to win big! Starting Wednesday, July 15, get customers to sign up and select their store on sprouts.com or the Sprouts app and you’ll have a chance to win up to $200, and bragging rights, of course!

Watch the video below to learn all about the Sign-Up Showdown and how you and your team can start signing up customers today!

Full contest rules can be found here. Visit thevine-legacy.sprouts.com/sign-up-showdown starting in August to see how your store is doing in the contest!

Leadership Videos

 

  • 2023 January – Bonus Plan Update

 

  • January 2023 – Culture Survey & Feedback

 

 

 

  • Leadership Video Update – October 20, 2021
  • Update for Team Members – October 8, 2021
  • Message for Team Members – Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation
  • Selling Naturally VR Training – September 8, 2021