More stores in Northern California are slated to open March 9 in Pacifica; [image-nocss] March 16 in Concord and Vacaville; March 23 in Modesto and Walnut Creek; April 13 in Pleasanton; and April 27 in Hayward, Napa and San Jose.
El Segundo, Calif.-based Fresh & Easy opened its first small-format grocery/convenience stores in November 2007 in Southern California, and has steadily expanded in the state since, moving into Bakersfield in December 2008 and Fresno in January 2010.
For each new store opening, Fresh & Easy invites neighbors to nominate a local, nonprofit organization to receive a $1,000 donation.
Fresh & Easy operates more than 160 stores in California, Arizona and Nevada.
In addition to fresh prepared meals, meats and produce, Fresh & Easy offers national brand products and household items. Its fresh&easy brand products have no artificial colors or flavors, no added trans fats, no high-fructose corn syrup and only use preservatives when absolutely necessary.
The stores uses LED lighting in external signs and freezer cases, offer customer recycling in every store and use advanced refrigeration and freezer units to cut back on energy usage. The company also recycles or reuses all of its display packaging, sending the majority back through its distribution center.
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