In The News: December Monthly Media Highlights

In The News is a monthly internal communication designed to provide our team members with the latest Sprouts media, investor and news highlights. Additional top media clips are archived on the News & Features page of about.sprouts.com.

As always, please direct any media inquiries to media@sprouts.com.

Check out some of our top media highlights from the last month:

Executive of the Year: Grocery Dive named Sprouts CEO Jack Sinclair Executive of the Year with an interview highlighting how he is accelerating the pace of change and further connecting Sprouts with our core audience.New Plant-Based Patties: Store Brands shared Sprouts has launched a plant-based burger patty made with mushrooms, among other attribute-driven private label items, noting consumers at Sprouts have been looking for more natural wellness, plant-based, keto and paleo foods since the pandemic.

8-Year-Old Helping Families on Thanksgiving: WTTG-FOX5 in Washington D.C. shared Cavanaugh Bell’s food pantry serving hundreds of Gaithersburg, MD families with Thanksgiving groceries supported by a $10,000 donation in healthy food from the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation.

Nevadans Shop for Thanksgiving: KNTV-ABC13 in Las Vegas broadcasted local customers at Sprouts who were shopping for a smaller Thanksgiving at home, including those looking for healthier options noting the store was well stocked.

Month of a Million Meals: KGTV-ABC10 in San Diego included Sprouts in its annual hunger awareness campaign, broadcasting an interview with Sprouts Sustainability Manager Justin Kacer who shared how locals can help their communities by purchasing a Grab ‘N’ Give bag in stores.

Most Popular Grocery Stores in America: USA Today shared 24/7 Wall Street’s list of the most popular grocery store in every state, which named Sprouts the top supermarket in Arizona using a combination of data from business directory website Yelp and Google Trends.

Top Vegan Protein: FoodNetwork.com included Sprouts Vanilla Vegan Protein as recommended by Registered Dietician Marie Spano, noting the powder “offers a mix of plant proteins (therefore containing all EAAs) and natural nutrient-rich ingredients, plus great taste at an affordable price.”

A New Look for Grocery: The Wall Street Journal noted Sprouts plans to give more space to frozen, baking, cooking and meat products that have been popular in recent months in an article covering shifts supermarkets are making in response to pandemic-driven shopping behavior.

NEW STORE OPENINGS

Store #633 – Tampa – Westchase, FL: Tampa Bay Times, Patch.com and Business Observer shared details of the newest Sprouts opening in Tampa, noting Sprouts now has 10 locations in Tampa Bay and upcoming holiday store hours.