The BriarPatch Difference
Press Kit & Media Library
Media Inquiries
Please direct questions and requests for additional resources to:
Paula O’Brien
(530) 272-2667 x129| paulao@briarpatch.coop
Who we are in a nutshell…
- We are a community-owned natural foods grocery store with over 10,000 owners and counting.
- We have been in business since 1976. Starting out as a hippie buying club in the Sierra Foothills, we’ve now grown to annual sales of $40M (while retaining our hippie heart!).
- We plan crop production with local farmers twice yearly, giving our shoppers a great selection of the best produce, and getting farmers the best price for their yields (win-win!).
- We give back to the community, not only through cash and product donations, but through an award-winning volunteer program.
- We’re opening a second location in the former Kmart space in Auburn, California, slated to open August 2023! Read the latest press release about our August 10th opening.
Our definition of Local
Our watershed, the Sacramento River Watershed, is how we define what’s local. Formed by nature and interconnected, it supplies the air we breathe and our food sources. Purchasing food and products grown or made here supports a strong local economy and a resilient food system. What happens upstream affects everything downstream, water conservation and consumer awareness are critical to sustainable living and fighting climate change, too.
Last year, we sold 1,026,058 local items from our store!
Briarpatch by the numbers
83,000
gallons fresh water saved with filtration and water recycling program (1 year)
100,000lbs
organics diverted from landfills to animal feed and composting instead (65% reduction)
128,409lbs
apples sold and 87,221 lbs of carrots sold last year!
25,000
and counting in PatchWorks volunteer hours since 2020
50%
and more of store electricity powered by solar
$124,000
given last year in sponsorships & donations
We’ve got big sustainability goals because, you know, we’re trying to help save the planet. See what we aim to do by 2025.
Growing to two locations! We’re located in Grass Valley, California and now growing to Auburn, California.
Want a deeper dive into who we are? Read The Vine for quarterly BriarPatch news, delightful stories and delicious recipes.
In The Press
Here is some recent news about our new store opening in Auburn.
- BriarPatch announces August 2023 Opening
- Greater things in store: BriarPatch’s Auburn location inching closer to opening | TheUnion.com
- Old Navy opening Auburn store June 18 – Sacramento Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
- BriarPatch Food Co-op aims for fall opening in Auburn – Sacramento Business Journal (bizjournals.com)