Английская Википедия:Henry's Farmers Market

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Henry's Farmers Market (also known as Boney’s Market and Henry's) was a grocery retailer that operated in La Mesa, California. In 2011, it started becoming part of the Sprouts Farmers Market chain with a full acquisition taking place by early- to mid-2013.

History

Henry’s Farmers Market was an operator of natural-foods stores. The company was established in 1943 when Henry Boney and his family opened a fruit stand on a street corner in San Diego. Henry's Farmers Market was established in 1943, when San Diego businessman Henry Boney and his family opened a fruit stand and bought a truckload of peaches and sold them on a street corner in San Diego.

Sprouts, an Arizona-based market, is the second specialty market brand developed by the Henry Boney family. The first store opened in Chandler, Arizona in 2002.

In December 2010, Henry's announced plans to open its first Boise, Idaho store in the downtown area, in 2011. However, a week after the announcement, plans for the Boise store were stalled.

Acquisitions

The Henry's chain included 23 stores in Southern California and one in Northern California. In 1999, Wild Oats Markets, Inc. acquired Henry's Marketplace from the Henry Boney Family. Following a merger in August 2007, Wild Oats was acquired by Whole Foods Market.

In October 2007, Whole Foods Market sold all 35 Henry's Farmers Market and Sun Harvest Market stores to a subsidiary of Los Angeles grocer Smart & Final, Inc., for $166 million (~$Шаблон:Format price in Шаблон:Inflation/year). Earlier in 2007, Smart & Final had been acquired by the private equity firm Apollo Management.

In early 2011, Apollo Management announced that it would be merging Sprouts and Henry's Farmers Market. The combined company, which operates under the name Sprouts Farmers Market, had 98 stores and more than 7,000 employees at the time the transaction closed in the second quarter of 2011.