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Founded in 1955, Natural Grocers started by selling whole-grain bread door-to-door and offering nutritional information. Growing popularity spurs Natural Grocers as a rapidly expanding grocery retailer. Founded in 1955 by Margaret and Philip Isely, stores continue operation as a family business with the children of the couple acting as owners and proprietors.
Fresh Fields can be considered part of the second generation of natural food supermarket companies. Whereas all of the other companies that have become part of the Whole Foods Market family were started in the 1970's and early 1980's, Fresh Fields opened its first store in May of 1991 in Rockville, MD.