Berkeley Bowl

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Berkeley Bowl
IndustryGrocery Store
FounderGlenn and Diane Yasuda
Headquarters
Berkeley, California
,
United States
Productsfruits and vegetables, groceries
Websiteberkeleybowl.com
The Berkeley Bowl produce section.

Berkeley Bowl is an independent grocery store in Berkeley, California.[1][2] Owned by Glenn and Diane Yasuda,[3] it sells organic and natural products and has an extensive produce section. It has two locations in the city.

The business name stems from their first store location, in a former bowling alley.[4]

History[]

In 1977, Glenn Yasuda opened a small neighborhood market in the converted building that formerly housed a bowling alley.[5] It now has two locations in Berkeley.[6] The original grocery store was located in a converted bowling alley (also named Berkeley Bowl) at 2777 Shattuck Avenue, and moved to a renovated Safeway at 2020 Oregon Street in 1999. In 2003, it employed 250 people and there was a drive for unionization.[2] A second location, Berkeley Bowl West, opened in 2009.

In 2008, the Los Angeles Times wrote that it was "this strident city's most popular grocery store."[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Tager, Sally (September 19, 1984). "Want 15 kinds of lettuce, 5 kinds of berries? Try the Berkeley Bowl". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Romney, Lee (October 30, 2003). "Labor Fight Seen as Un-Berkeley". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  3. ^ de Turenne, Veronique (June 16, 1999). "Bowling for Produce". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  4. ^ Taylor, Tracey (March 24, 2015). "Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses". Berkeleyside. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  5. ^ Batey, Eve (February 20, 2020). "Glenn Yasuda, Co-Founder of Famed Produce Mart Berkeley Bowl, Dies at 85". Eater SF.
  6. ^ Wasman, Sharon (August 3, 2005). "You Think You've Got Tomatoes". The New York Times. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  7. ^ Glionna, John M. (September 22, 2008). "Where the nuts are off the shelf". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 3, 2012.

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