New Seasons Market
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New Seasons Market is a chain of privately-owned neighborhood grocers operating in the Portland
Metro area
of Oregon
. Founded by three families and 50 of their friends in 1999, the chain currently operates ten stores in Portland, Hillsboro
, Beaverton
, Happy Valley and Lake Oswego
with a new store under construction in Beaverton's Progress Ridge neighborhood. Many of the products offered are organic
and produced locally in the Pacific Northwest
. The stores differ from most grocers by offering natural and conventional products side by side.
Arbor Lodge
is located in North Portland. Built from the ground up in 2005, Arbor Lodge is located next to the Yellow MAX line at N. Rosa Parks Way and Interstate Avenue.
Cedar Hills
is located in a former roller skating rink at Cedar Hills Crossing shopping center. Opened in 2006.
Concordia in Northeast Portland, is located near Concordia University
in the neighborhood by the same name
. Constructed and opened in 2001 at NE 33rd & Killingsworth.
Happy Valley is located in a suburb
east of Portland. Opened 2007 at 157th & Sunnyside Road.
Hawthorne opened in October 2010 at SE 40th & Hawthorne, on the site where Daily Grind Natural Foods once stood.
Mountain Park opened in 2006 at a long-disused Thriftway in the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego
.
Orenco Station
located in Hillsboro is part of a development
near the Westside MAX.
Progress Ridge currently under construction in new shopping center at the intersection of Horizon Blvd. & Barrows Rd. in Beaverton, and is scheduled to open in fall of 2011.
Fishers Landing scheduled to open in October of 2011 in Vancouver, WA in the former Albertsons LLC
retail store.
Raleigh Hills
is New Seasons Market's first store, opened in 1999, in a former Kienow's grocery.
Seven Corners opened in 2004 in a remodeled Red Apple grocery and laundromat. Located in Southeast Portland at the seven corners formed by the intersection of SE Division Street, SE Ladd Avenue, and SE 20th Avenue at the southeast corner of Ladd's Addition
.
Sellwood
, New Seasons Market's second store, on the corner of the Sellwood antique district. The building used to house a Piggly Wiggly
, as portrayed within the paint of the store's inside.
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
Metro area
Metropolitan area
The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...
of Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
. Founded by three families and 50 of their friends in 1999, the chain currently operates ten stores in Portland, Hillsboro
Hillsboro, Oregon
Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Lying in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city is home to many high-technology companies, such as Intel, that compose what has become known as the...
, Beaverton
Beaverton, Oregon
Beaverton is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, seven miles west of Portland in the Tualatin River Valley.As of the 2010 census, the population is 90,267. This makes it the second-largest city in the county and Oregon's sixth-largest city...
, Happy Valley and Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Lake Oswego is a city located primarily in Clackamas County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Small portions of the city are also located in neighboring Multnomah and Washington counties. Located south of Portland surrounding the Oswego Lake, the town was founded in 1847 and incorporated as Oswego in...
with a new store under construction in Beaverton's Progress Ridge neighborhood. Many of the products offered are organic
Organic food
Organic foods are foods that are produced using methods that do not involve modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers, do not contain genetically modified organisms, and are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents, or chemical food additives.For the...
and produced locally in the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
. The stores differ from most grocers by offering natural and conventional products side by side.
Neighborhoods
New Seasons Market emphasizes the idea of a neighborhood grocery store in part by naming their stores after the neighborhood in which they reside and reflecting their surroundings in the stores' design and decor. Job fairs are held in new stores' neighborhoods in an effort to recruit current members of the community.Arbor Lodge
Arbor Lodge, Portland, Oregon
Arbor Lodge is a neighborhood in the North section of Portland, Oregon. Interstate 5 forms the eastern boundary of the neighborhood. The North Lombard Transit Center and the North Portland Blvd stations on the MAX Yellow Line provide light rail service to the neighborhood...
is located in North Portland. Built from the ground up in 2005, Arbor Lodge is located next to the Yellow MAX line at N. Rosa Parks Way and Interstate Avenue.
Cedar Hills
Cedar Hills, Oregon
Cedar Hills is a census-designated place and neighborhood in Washington County, Oregon, near the intersection of highways Oregon Route 217 and U.S. 26...
is located in a former roller skating rink at Cedar Hills Crossing shopping center. Opened in 2006.
Concordia in Northeast Portland, is located near Concordia University
Concordia University (Portland, Oregon)
Concordia University is a private, Christian university located in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened in 1905 as a University-preparatory school, the institution added college classes in 1950 and the high school was split-off in 1977...
in the neighborhood by the same name
Concordia, Portland, Oregon
Concordia is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon, United States, named after Concordia University, which is located within it. The neighborhood borders are NE 22nd Ave. on the west, NE Columbia Blvd. on the north, and NE 42nd Ave. on the east. On the south, the border is...
. Constructed and opened in 2001 at NE 33rd & Killingsworth.
Happy Valley is located in a suburb
Happy Valley, Oregon
Happy Valley is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 4,519 at the 2000 census.-History:Happy Valley was originally called Christilla Valley, named after the first residents, Christian and Matilda Deardorff. They arrived in 1851 and claimed on the floor of the...
east of Portland. Opened 2007 at 157th & Sunnyside Road.
Hawthorne opened in October 2010 at SE 40th & Hawthorne, on the site where Daily Grind Natural Foods once stood.
Mountain Park opened in 2006 at a long-disused Thriftway in the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Lake Oswego is a city located primarily in Clackamas County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Small portions of the city are also located in neighboring Multnomah and Washington counties. Located south of Portland surrounding the Oswego Lake, the town was founded in 1847 and incorporated as Oswego in...
.
Orenco Station
Orenco Station
Orenco Station is a neighborhood of the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. The planned urban town center was designed as a pedestrian friendly, high density community built in conjunction with TriMet’s Westside light rail...
located in Hillsboro is part of a development
Orenco, Oregon
Orenco is a former company town in Washington County, Oregon, United States, located between Hillsboro and Aloha. The former community of Orenco now forms the Orenco neighborhood in Hillsboro, which is the site of the Orenco Station housing development.The community was established in 1905 as a...
near the Westside MAX.
Progress Ridge currently under construction in new shopping center at the intersection of Horizon Blvd. & Barrows Rd. in Beaverton, and is scheduled to open in fall of 2011.
Fishers Landing scheduled to open in October of 2011 in Vancouver, WA in the former Albertsons LLC
Albertsons LLC
Albertsons LLC is a North American grocery company based in Boise, Idaho, with over 240 supermarkets located in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida under the Albertson's and Super Saver Foods banners...
retail store.
Raleigh Hills
Raleigh Hills, Oregon
Raleigh Hills is a census-designated place and neighborhood within the metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It is located in the southwest hills in Washington County, with Beaverton to the west, West Slope to the north, and Progress and Garden Home to the south...
is New Seasons Market's first store, opened in 1999, in a former Kienow's grocery.
Seven Corners opened in 2004 in a remodeled Red Apple grocery and laundromat. Located in Southeast Portland at the seven corners formed by the intersection of SE Division Street, SE Ladd Avenue, and SE 20th Avenue at the southeast corner of Ladd's Addition
Ladd's Addition, Portland, Oregon
Ladd's Addition is one of the oldest residential districts in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is located in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood in the southeast part of the city. Roughly eight blocks by ten blocks in size , Ladd's is bordered by SE Hawthorne, Division, 12th, and 20th streets...
.
Sellwood
Sellwood, Portland, Oregon
Sellwood-Moreland is a neighborhood on a bluff overlooking the Willamette River in Southeast Portland, Oregon, bordering Westmoreland to the north, Eastmoreland to the east, and the city of Milwaukie to the south...
, New Seasons Market's second store, on the corner of the Sellwood antique district. The building used to house a Piggly Wiggly
Piggly Wiggly
Piggly Wiggly is a supermarket chain operating in the Midwestern and Southern regions of the United States, run by Piggly Wiggly, LLC, an affiliate of C&S Wholesale Grocers. The current company headquarters is in Keene, New Hampshire....
, as portrayed within the paint of the store's inside.
Legal Dispute with Whole Foods
As part of Whole Foods' ongoing antitrust dispute with the FTC, Whole Foods subpoenaed from New Seasons detailed financial records, market studies, future strategic plans, and other information. Full subpoena text On the official New Seasons blog, CEO Brian Rohter has expressed concern about handing sensitive information over to a direct competitor, and has filed a motion with the FTC to block the subpoena.External links
- New Seasons Market Official Site
- http://wweek.com/wwire/?p=16970 Screw Market Share: Whole Foods subpoenas New Seasons' financial and marketing records. on Willamette Week