Market adds organic grocery
By Laura Youngs| Staff Writer
Thursday, January 11, 2007

The organic food market in Augusta could become more competitive.

Earth Fare, the Asheville, N.C.-based natural and organic grocer, has signed a lease to fill the former Winn-Dixie store at the Shoppes at Furys Ferry plaza at the corner of Baston and Furys Ferry roads.

"We think Augusta's a growing area," said Jim St. Charles, Earth Fare Inc.'s vice president of real estate and construction. "We think it's a very vibrant city."

The store, similar to The Fresh Market on Washington Road, is tentatively expected to open the 35,000-square-foot location in late July or early August, he said.

The new store is expected to create about 130 full-time and part-time jobs, ranging from cashiers and butchers to cheese experts and management-level positions, said Troy DeGroff, Earth Fare's director of sales and marketing.

Mr. St. Charles said Augusta has the right demographic for the stores, which typically attract the health-conscious, those with dietary needs or customers seeking high-quality foods.

Mr. DeGroff said pay scales vary by experience and market but are usually above minimum wage.

Charles Dunstan, an associate at Augusta-based Dunstan Inc., a partial owner of the shopping center, said facade improvements are planned at the site.

He said the lease would be signed Wednesday but declined to disclose terms, saying only that, "They made a pretty big commitment to Augusta."

Reach Laura Youngs at (706) 823-3227 or laura.youngs@augustachronicle.com.

WHAT IS EARTH FARE?

The Asheville, N.C.-based grocer was founded in 1975 by Roger Derrough as "Dinner for the Earth." The name was changed to Earth Fare in 1993.

It now operates more than a dozen stores in the Carolinas, Tennessee and Georgia and specializes in locally produced, organic food. Stores include a cafe, sandwich bar and salad bar.

Source: www.earthfare.com


To submit a resume, download an application or find out more, go to www.earthfare.com. Click on the "Contact Us" tab and go to the section labeled "Employment."

From the Thursday, January 11, 2007 edition of the Augusta Chronicle
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