Mrs Green’s Natural Market Launches Major Expansion

Mrs Green’s Natural Market, a division of Planet Organic Health, has announced that it is launching a major expansion of its commercial kitchen.

Mrs Green’s Natural Market has 11 organic and natural foods and products stores, which currently get all their fresh and healthy deli foods from a 3,000sqft kitchen located in a basement under one of the stores. Its new commissary will be 10 times larger and will elevate the 40 employees from the basement to an ultra-modern, above-ground facility, the company said.

The current kitchen produces enough products to rack up annual deli sales in all of the 11 stores of $3.5 million, or up to 8% of total division revenues. Deli sales are increasing by about 15% annually.

Harold Hochberger, Mrs Green’s founder and co-president, said he is confident that already impressive sales growth can be topped when the new, $1 million commissary opens its doors in about six months.