In the News is an internal communications designed to provide our team members with some of the latest Sprouts media, investor, and news highlights. The below media highlights resulted in 958M+ impressions for Q3.
Sprouting to Success with Mad Money: CNBC’s Jim Cramer sat down with Jack Sinclair to discuss the stock growth, pricing, and sourcing local and the loyalty program.
Klatch Coffee Grand Openings: Klatch Coffee opened in four Sprouts locations. Redlands Daily Facts, The Daily Bulletin, The Riverside Press Enterprise, and The San Bernadino Sun covered the story.
Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation In-Store Check Presentations: The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation donated over $4M to schools and nonprofits focused on wellness. Store Brands, Stock Titan, Gilbert Independent, YourValley.net, and The Acorn covered the story.
Back-to-School Stock the Teacher’s Lounge: Fabulous Arizona, ABC15 Arizona, Yahoo! Life, Fox 21 Colorado, and KCTC-TV all covered the story.
Laurie Hernandez Event: Patch.com and E! News covered her appearance at the new #947 – Aberdeen, NJ store.
Spring and Summer Nutrition
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Mia Syn was featured on 8 News Now Vegas and WSFL-TV discussing festive and delicious dishes for any backyard barbecue.
New Product Launches: Sprouts launched Barker Wellness in store. VegOut, Billboard, Women’s Wear Daily, and Yahoo! Life all covered the product launch. We also launched a new Autumn Crisp grape. Perishable News, Produce Blue Book, The Packer, and And Now U Know.
In Other Sprouts News: Supermarket News covered Sprouts’ differentiation. Progressive Grocer announced several November and December store openings. Progressive Grocer also ranked Sprouts high when it came to progress in incorporating higher-welfare products. Addison Magazine mentioned our bulk department and that customers can bring their own containers and reusable bags when shopping.
Grand Openings:
These grand openings received coverage from a range of outlets:
#854 & #855 Philadelphia, PA CBS Philadelphia covered the new store, including our local food rescue partners, as well as a local produce vendor. WTXF-TV, WPVI-PHI, Store Brands and And Now U Know covered the opening.
#478 – Lawndale, CA Store Brands, Patch.com covered the new store opening. KNBC-TV and KTTV-TV also covered the hiring events.
#661 – Brooksville, FL – 10 Tampa Bay, Deli Market News, Suncoast News, Progressive News, and Boho Blue covered the opening.
#922 – Westminster, MD WMAR Baltimore, Baltimore Business Journal, The Baltimore Sun, and WMAR-TV covered the opening.
#168 – McKinney, TX Culture Map Dallas, Houston Style Magazine, Local Profile, Flipboard, and Community Impact
#660 – Sarasota, FL Sarasota Magazine, Observer Media Group, Herald Tribune, and Yahoo! News.
#857 – York, PA Fox43 covered the new store opening at 4:00 am, 5:00 am, 6:00 am, 7:00 am, 8:00 am, and 9:00 am, as well as Market Screener covered the opening.
As always, please direct any media inquiries to media@sprouts.com.