Grocer to open third Tucson market with fun and entertainment

Tucson, AZ – Sunflower Farmers Market is continues is growth in Arizona. The full-service grocer, famous for its “Serious Food at Silly Prices,” is set to launch its third Tucson location Wednesday, January 21, with a huge grand opening celebration for the Tucson public. The new Tucson store is the first Sunflower grand opening of 2009 and the 21st in the brand.

The new Sunflower Farmers Market is located at 4282 N. First Avenue at Limberlost.  Sunflower is already part of the local business community, as the market operates its corporate offices and a massive distribution center in the Phoenix area.

Tucson’s grand opening festivities begin at 6:30 am in front of the store, with complimentary breakfast items and a special sunflower garland cutting ceremony.

Doors will open immediately after the garland cutting at 7 am. The first 200 customers on opening day will receive a FREE reusable shopping bag filled with Sunflower’s healthy groceries, valued at over $50, with any in-store purchase. In addition, the store will give away 5,000 free reusable shopping bags during the first days of business (while supplies last). Customers will receive a ten-cent discount for every reusable bag brought back to the store for future purchases. Customers are encouraged to arrive early, as the line typically forms hours before the store opening at 7am.

There will be fun, food and prizes all day long – even activities for the kids! Stop by for a chance to win the day’s coolest prize – a 15″ LCD Spongebob TV!

A now standing tradition at all grand openings, Sunflower CEO and Founder Mike Gilliland will be greeting and thanking customers as well as lending a hand to bag groceries.

Gilliland said, “Our current Tucson locations have been extremely successful and well received by an abundance of health-conscious consumers. We’re excited to make our markets even more accessible to local residents in Tucson’s ever-growing community.”

He continued, “We are eager to be the source for those residents who want to save money by providing the freshest and healthiest foods for those who want to cook at home at the lowest possible prices. In today’s hard economic times, Sunflower is the most cost-effective choice out there.”

Sunflower Farmers Markets currently operates two markets in Tucson, located at Speedway & Swan, 4645 E. Speedway Blvd. and Broadway & Pantano, 7877 E. Broadway Blvd.

Sunflower, founded in 2002, currently operates 20 stores in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Texas. The company’s increasingly popular format offers consumers a full-service farmers’ market-style grocery store featuring the highest quality natural and organic products at the lowest possible price.

Please visit the all-new www.sfmarkets.com for information regarding the markets, current locations, anticipated store openings and much more.

About Sunflower Farmers Markets
Sunflower Farmers Markets (www.sfmarkets.com) is a rapidly growing chain of full-service grocery stores offering consumers the highest quality natural and organic products at the lowest possible price. The company, founded in 2002, is a pioneer in developing the emerging value segment of the natural and organic foods retailing industry. They have remained true to their motto “Serious Food…Silly Prices” since the market’s inception. The company has 20 retail stores located throughout Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Texas.

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