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BAY AREA
Mollie Stone’s Markets
VARIOUS LOCATIONS
molliestones.com
Mollie Stone’s Markets offer full-service departments, a wide variety of organic and specialty items and also conventional favorites at nine locations in the Bay Area. Specializing in healthy, natural and specialty foods, the company’s buyers work closely with local producers. The company also actively partners with local schools and food banks.
EAST BAY
Market Hall Foods
OAKLAND
(510) 250-6005 • rockridgemarkethall.com/market-hall-foods
A new Readers’ Choice winner this year, Market Hall Foods believes “the best foods are handmade, passionately created, thoughtfully sourced and one of a kind. Bringing you those foods has made our shop the heart of Rockridge for decades. Food should be a joy to shop for and a joy to eat. Find your joy in our bustling aisles today.”
Piedmont Grocery
OAKLAND
(510) 653-8181 • piedmontgrocery.com
“For many years, it’s been our goal to offer the very best products we can find,” says Piedmont Grocery. “Along the way, we created the tastiest takeout bar on the Avenue, expanded our international aisle to accommodate a variety of tastes, and ushered in the Bay Area’s obsession with fresh, seasonal, local food.” Plus: “We also stock the foods that your kids will eat.”
SOUTH BAY/PENINSULA
Draeger’s Market
VARIOUS LOCATIONS
draegers.com
Founded in 1925 in San Francisco as Draeger’s Delicatessen, today Draeger’s has grocery stores in San Mateo, Menlo Park, Los Altos and Danville, all of which specialize in gourmet fare. “From its humble beginnings as a storefront deli to its proud new environment, Draeger’s has never lost sight of its mission to provide the best in food, wine, and service.”
NORTH BAY
Nugget Markets
VARIOUS LOCATIONS
nuggetmarket.com
Doing business as Nugget Markets, Fork Lift, Sonoma Market and Food 4 Less stores in 16 locations across Northern California, the company — family owned and operated since 1926 — offers top-quality perishables, chef-prepared foods, organics/specialty grocery items and conventional goods, all in a European-style marketplace.