Bi-Rite Market is a
grocery store
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in
San Francisco, California
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, owned and operated by chef Sam Mogannam, who had previously worked at Jardinière in the city. He and his brother Raphael Mogannam took over the grocery store from his family in 1997, and began to sell prepared foods using
locally grown produce, which they advocate for.
Background
Mogannam spoke at
TEDxPresidio 2012 on reinventing capitalism. ''
Fast Company
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History
''Fast Company'' was launched in November 1995 by Alan Web ...
'' profiled him as one of the 100 most creative people in business for 2012. The market runs a non-profit
community food education project, 18 Reasons. The store is a pioneer in the new farm-to-grocery store movement, and has published a book, ''Eat Good Food'' (
Ten Speed Press
Ten Speed Press is a publishing house founded in Berkeley, California in 1971 by Phil Wood. Ten Speed Press was bought by Random House in February 2009 and is now part of their Crown Publishing Group division.
History
Wood worked with Barnes & N ...
).
Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market IP, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon, is an upscale American multinational supermarket chain headquartered in Austin, Texas, which sells products free from hydrogenated fats and artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. A US ...
has sent staff to the store to adopt practices from there. The store opened a second location, in the Divisadero Street Commercial District, in the
Western Addition
The Western Addition is a district in San Francisco, California, United States.
Location
The Western Addition is located between Van Ness Avenue, the Richmond District, the Haight-Ashbury and Lower Haight neighborhoods, and Pacific Heights.
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neighborhood, in 2013.
Bi-Rite earned
certification as a B Corporation in late 2015 for its contribution to developing a more sustainable and inclusive economy. In 2018, Bi-Rite was named a Best for Community World Honoree by
B-Lab.
References
Further reading
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External links
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Bi-Rite Market press coverage''Eat Good Food'' at Random House/Ten Speed Press websiteSam Mogannam, speaker at TEDxPresidio 2012
Companies based in San Francisco
Food and drink in the San Francisco Bay Area
1960s establishments in California
Supermarkets based in California
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B Lab-certified corporations