Merger to spur name change at Sunflower Farmers Market
Sprouts Farmers Market and Sunflower Farmers Market, two independent natural food store chains, are merging. The combined company will operate 139 stores under the Sprouts Farmers Market name and will have approximately 10,000 employees. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2012.
In Las Vegas, there are two Sunflower Farmers Market locations. The addition of Sunflower's 35 stores expands Sprouts' geographic footprint to Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Oklahoma and further extends its presence in California, Arizona, Colorado and Texas. Overall, the combined company plans to open up to 13 new stores in 2012.
