Henry's Farmers Markets

Type	Subsidiary of Smart & Final
Genre	Supermarkets
Founded	1943
Headquarters	San Diego, California, USA
Website	www.henrysmarkets.com

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Henry's Farmers Market (also known as Henry's) is a food retailer that operates in Southern California and parts of Arizona.

Contents 1 History 2 Acquisitions 3 See also 4 References

[edit] History

Henry’s Farmers Market is an operator of natural foods stores that suggest a shopping experience reminiscent of produce stands and neighborhood butchers of the 1950s. Henry’s stores offer produce, vitamins and supplements and all-natural foods, including bulk grains, nuts and candy, whole grain sprouted breads, fresh meats and seafood, deli offerings and a wide variety of grocery products.

The roots of Henry's Farmers Market were established in 1943 when a family bought a truckload of peaches and sold them on a street corner in San Diego.

The newest Henry's opened in Burbank, California on September 30, 2009.

[edit] Acquisitions

In 1999, Wild Oats Markets, Inc. acquired Henry's Marketplace from the Boney Family. The Henry's family includes 23 stores in Southern California. Wild Oats is now owned by Whole Foods Market following a highly debated merger in August 2007.

Soon thereafter, in October 2007, Whole Foods Market completed the sale of all 35 Henry's Farmers Market and Sun Harvest Market stores to a subsidiary of Los Angeles grocer Smart & Final Inc. for $166 million. Smart & Final in turn was acquired by the private equity firm Apollo Management earlier in 2007.

[edit] See also

• Smart & Final

[edit] References