New Seasons Market

Grocery store chain based in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

New Seasons Market

Company type| Grocer
Industry| Retail sales
Founded| 1999
Headquarters| Portland, Oregon[1]

Key people

| Nancy Lebold CEO
Products| Local and sustainable food, conventional foods, and homegoods.

Number of employees

| 2,700+ (2022)
Parent| Good Food Holdings, LLC, E-Mart
Website| newseasonsmarket.com

New Seasons Market is a chain of neighborhood grocery stores operating in the Portland, Oregon metro area, and southwestern Washington. Some of the products offered are organic and produced locally in the Pacific Northwest, but conventional groceries are also sold.

Founded locally in 1999, the company was majority acquired by private equity firm Endeavour Capital in 2013 and purchased California-based New Leaf Community Markets in 2013. In 2019, it sold to Good Food Holdings, a subsidiary of South Korean retail conglomerate E-mart.

The company currently operates 21 stores in the greater Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area, including Hillsboro, Beaverton, Happy Valley, Vancouver, Tualatin, Lake Oswego and Milwaukie. The company has faced criticism and a worker unionization drive starting in 2022 has led 11 Portland-area stores to vote to unionize and the National Labor Relations Board to charge New Seasons Market with unfair labor practices in regard to anti-union activity.[2][3][4]

## History[edit]

New Seasons was founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1999 by three families and 50 friends.[5] By 2008, it had grown to nine stores and about 1,800 employees. By November 2013, New Seasons had grown to 15 stores and 3,000 employees, when it purchased California-based New Leaf Community Markets[6] and New Leaf founder Scott Roseman joined the New Seasons Board.

New Seasons corporate headquarters in the former Washington High School building

In November 2013, Endeavour Capital invested $17.5M in New Seasons Market, according to SEC filings.[7] Bradaigh Wagner and Stephen Babson, managing directors at Endeavour, now sit on the board of New Seasons Market.[8] In 2013, New Seasons became the first grocery store in the world to be certified as a B Corporation.[9] B Corp certification[10] is issued by global non-profit B Lab to for-profit companies meeting social sustainability, environmental performance, accountability, and transparency standards. The company earned re-certification in 2015 and 2017.[11] In December 2017, New Seasons Market employees and the Northwest Accountability Project asked B Lab to review the company's certification based on claims of anti-union activity and Endeavour's financial ties to the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust.[12]

In February 2018 CEO, Wendy Collie stepped down amid a failed expansion into California and an active employee union organizing campaign.[13] Also in February 2018, two New Leaf stores in California ended their franchisee relationship with the company citing “big changes at the company”.[14]

In December 2019, parent company Endeavour Capital announced that it would be selling the grocery chain to E-mart, specifically to its subsidiary, Good Food Holdings, in a sale transaction that was finalized in early 2020. Details of the transaction include the retention of CEO Forrest Hoffmaster (who later departed in March of 2021)[15], the continuance of the organization as a B Corp, the halt of existing plans for expanding the chain, the closure of the store located in the Ballard neighborhood in Seattle[16][17][18], and transition of the Mercer Island store to a Metropolitan Market[19], which is also owned by Good Food Holdings. With the sale, the company reiterated its commitment "to B Corp standards and will continue to support the regional food economy to help solve social and economic problems problems, including giving 10% of after-tax profits to the local community."[20] New Seasons Market also introduced a mission advisory council, "chartered with ensuring continuity of the companies' social and community benefit, will provide guidance to the board of directors and company leadership.[21]" Nancy Lebold joined New Seasons Market as CEO in April 2021, bringing experience in operations, merchandising and procurement from grocers including Kroger's Food 4 Less and WinCo Foods.[22]

On April 6, 2021, "New Seasons Market announced it will eliminate the sale of single use bottles of water in all of its stores by Earth Day, to continue to reduce plastic waste in local communities.[23]" The grocer's Senior Manager of Sustainability cited New Seasons Market "wants to take a step further as part of its larger commitment to continue to reduce waste in the waste streams of local communities and to promote more sustainable options for customers.[24]"

New Seasons Market announced plans to raise its hourly starting wage in September of 2021 in an effort to "recognize the contributions of all hourly store staff."[25] The company committed to investing "25% of each sales dollar into employee compensation and benefits,"[26] and noted "recent benefit additions include staff scholarship to earn a Retail Management Certificate, access to continued education and professional development, and the expansion of parental leave eligibility to part-time staff... the company also has introduced a child care tuition benefit through Portland-based KinderCare Education to help parents working in the retailer's supermarkets and store support office."[27]

In partnership with Graphic Packaging International (GPI), New Seasons Market in March 2022 announced its plan to "transition its private label Partner Brand Fresh Pasta packaging to a more environmentally preferable alternative, PaperSeal® Map trays... Each PaperSeal MAP tray uses 91% less plastic than the fresh pasta's current clamshell packaging and with this upgrade, the grocer will eliminate more than 120,000 clamshells from the waste stream annually."[28] The "inventive structure design to create a one-piece continuous sealing flange around the edge of the tray" was recognized as an Institute of Packaging Professionals' 2022 AmeriStar Award Winner.[29]

In May 2022, employees at stores in the Portland metropolitan area began attempts towards seeking unionization. Employees cited "changes to the company's culture and business ethics" as primary reasons behind why they began organizing. In late May 2022, New Seasons hired Ogletree Deakins, a law firm that often assists companies in campaigns against union drives, claiming the firm would help them "navigate the nuances of federal labor law.".[30] In August 2022 survey results released by Forbes Magazine in collaboration with Statista, the company was ranked 3rd overall out of employers in Oregon.[31]

The National Labor Relations Board charged New Seasons with unfair labor practices in January 2023 after employees, in collaboration with the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 555, filed complaints and claimed that the company had "unlawfully threatened to rescind benefits and rewards to employees that they had been receiving in the event the employees unionized."[32] The company and union settled on a rerun, which took place in February of 2024, and staff once again voted against UFCW Local 555 representation.[33]

In spring of 2023, CEO Nancy Lebold was recognized as a Woman of Influence by the Portland Business Journal.[34] Later that year, The Shelby Report named Lebold Woman Executive of the Year for the West[35] in conjunction with New Seasons Market receiving the publication's West Retailer of the Year.[36] New Seasons Market also accepted the UNFI as the Circle of Excellence: Western Regional Performance Overall and Regional Customer of the Year Award in February 2024, in addition to being named the winner for Western Regional performance.[37]

In support of its commitment to sustainability, New Seasons Market introduced "Building Better Soil for a Healthier Future" in April of 2024, timed with Earth Month. "During the month of April, more than 25 brands found at New Seasons Market’s 21 stores will donate 1% of their sales to benefit Zero Foodprint, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping farmers and ranchers implement regenerative agricultural practices. In collaboration, New Seasons Market will also contribute one percent of its Partner Brand private label product sales."[38] Participating brands included Tillamook County Creamery Association, Lundberg Family Farms, Stumptown Coffee, Stoller Family Estate, Country Natural Beef, Rogue Creamery and Bob's Red Mill.

## Stores[edit]

Orenco Station store

* Arbor Lodge is located in North Portland. Built from the ground up in 2005, Arbor Lodge is located next to the Yellow MAX line at N. Rosa Parks Way and Interstate Avenue.
* Cedar Hills is located in a former roller skating rink at Cedar Hills Crossing shopping center. The store opened in 2006.
* Concordia in Northeast Portland, is located near Concordia University in the neighborhood by the same name. Constructed and opened in 2001 at NE 33rd & Killingsworth.
* Fisher's Landing opened in October 2011 in Vancouver, becoming the first New Seasons Market store outside Oregon, in a former Albertsons LLC retail store.
* Grant Park is located at NE 32nd and Broadway in the Grant Park Village development. It opened in November 2014.[39][40]
* Happy Valley is located in a suburb east of Portland. The store opened 2007 at 157th & Sunnyside Road and is the the largest store in the chain.
* Hawthorne opened in October 2010 at SE 40th & Hawthorne in the Richmond neighborhood,[41] on the site where the former vegetarian Daily Grind Natural Foods and the Urban Onion deli once stood.[42]
* Main Street opened in downtown Vancouver in October of 2023.[43]
* Milwaukie Marketplace opened in March of 2024,[44] replacing a former Albertsons location.[45]
* Mountain Park opened in 2006 at a long-disused Thriftway in the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego.
* Nyberg Rivers is located in a redeveloped shopping center in Tualatin. It opened in October 2014.[46][47]
* Orenco Station is located in Hillsboro is part of a development near the Westside MAX. Opened in 2001 as the third store in the chain.[48]
* Palisades is New Seasons' second store in Lake Oswego, opened in 2022.[49]
* Progress Ridge is located in the Tigard/Beaverton area. Opened in 2011.
* Raleigh Hills is New Seasons Market's first store, opened in 1999, a former Kienow's grocery store site.[42]
* Sellwood is New Seasons Market's second store, on the corner of the Sellwood antique district. The building used to house a Piggly Wiggly, as portrayed within the paint of the store's inside.[42]
* Seven Corners opened in 2004 in a remodeled Red Apple grocery[42] and laundromat. It is located in Southeast Portland neighborhood of Hosford-Abernethy, at the seven corners formed by the intersection of SE Division Street, SE Ladd Avenue, and SE 20th Avenue on the southeast corner of Ladd's Addition.
* Slabtown is located on a former Con-way site at NW 21st and Raleigh in the Northwest District. It opened in August 2015.[50]
* University Park is located at N Lombard and N Westanna in North Portland. It opened in March 2016.[51]
* Vancouver is located on Main Street in downtown Vancouver. It opened in October 2023.[52]
* Williams is located in the Eliot neighborhood of North Portland. Opened in August 2013.
* Woodstock is located at SE Woodstock and 45th. It opened in October 2015.[53]

### Former[edit]

* Evergreen in San Jose, California, was a rebranded New Leaf Community Markets store, and the first New Seasons location outside of the Portland metropolitan area.[54] The store rebranded to Silver Creek Community Market by New Leaf in January 2023.
* Ballard, Seattle, opened in May 2018[55] on Ballard Way. This is the second store in the greater Seattle area. This location closed in 2019 as part of the sale of the company to E-mart.[16]
* Mercer Island opened in November 2016 in Mercer Island, Washington, and was the first store in the greater Seattle area. This location closed in 2019, and transitioned to a Metropolitan Market, also under Good Food Holdings ownership.[56]
* Sunnyvale was located at 760 E El Camino Real, between Remington and Wolfe in Sunnyvale, CA (closed Feb 2018).
* Emeryville, scheduled to open in 2018, was to be the anchor tenant of the Emeryville Public Market.[57] In Feb 2018, it was announced they were pulling out of the project before construction was completed, as well as closing the nearby Sunnyvale store.

### Future[edit]

* Tanasbourne Townsquare is set to open in 2025.[58] This store represents the second New Seasons Market in Hillsboro.

## Community Support and Advocacy[edit]

New Seasons Market donates 10% of its after-tax profits to organizations that support food equity and access. The stores also have several philanthropic programs that support community initiatives, including:

* Bag It Forward: Customers are encouraged to bring their own reusable grocery bags and, in return, New Seasons Market donates 5 cents to a selection of rotating nonprofits. The program has donated $1 million in total, as of January 2023, while reducing the use of disposable bags.[59]
* Gift It!: New Seasons Market's loyalty program, Neighbor Rewards, provides the opportunity for customers to gift their rewards to a featured partner.
* Nurture Our Neighbors: Previously referred to as "Hunger Relief Match," for one week each May, New Seasons Market matches donations to benefit ten local nonprofits promoting greater food access.[60]
* Donate Dinner: Leading into Thanksgiving each year, New Seasons Market partners with Meals On Wheels People to accept donations at checkout, "to make sure all homebound seniors have something to celebrate."[61]
* Cans for Kids: Many New Seasons Market stores accept recyclable cans and bottles and then donate the Oregon Bottle Bill redeemable 10 cent credit to support school foundations in the communities.[62]
* GROW: Since 2005, New Seasons Market has partnered with GROW (Giving Resources and Opportunities for Workers), created by Organics Unlimited. Each purchase of a GROW banana provides "educational, dental and vision support, clean drinking water, milk for growing children and other necessities to those who need it the most."[63]

In 2023 alone, New Seasons Market and its customers invested more than $850,000 in community fundraising programs.[64]

### Public Policy[edit]

After encouraging vendors to voluntarily certify their products as GMO free in 2013,[65] New Seasons publicly endorsed the GMO labeling campaign, Oregon Right to Know, in 2014, with continued public advocacy for non-GMO labeling and certification in 2017.[66] In 2014, New Seasons Market also publicly endorsed the marriage equality campaign, Oregon United for Marriage. The following year, the grocer supported raising the minimum wage in Oregon by testifying at the Oregon State Senate hearings. New Seasons Market was in favor of Measure 26-199 in the Oregon's November 2018 election, advocating for affordable housing for residents in the Portland metro area. At the same time, the company announced opposition to Measure 105, which sought to repeal Oregon law prohibiting the use of state and local resources to enforce federal immigration law. In 2021, New Seasons Market actively engaged with Oregon state legislators on the passage of the Recycling Modernization Act, aimed at reducing plastic pollution and creating a more equitable materials' management infrastructure.[67] The following year, New Seasons Market partnered with national brands to advocate for the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act with a focus on green infrastructure investments[68] and signed a letter in support for federal food date labeling to reduce the impacts of food waste on the climate. New Seasons Market is also a participant in the Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment, a voluntary agreement for food businesses to publicly commit to private sector action to reduce food waste 50% by 2030.[69]

### Sustainability[edit]

New Seasons Market is the world's first B Corp certified grocer, an endorsement it received in 2013.[70] Dedicated to reducing its ecological footprint, New Seasons Market has reiterated its commitment to:

* Climate Action and Energy Efficiency: Understanding the dire need for action on climate change, New Seasons Market has implemented a comprehensive climate action plan. Its goals include a commitment to reaching 45% greenhouse gas reduction by 2026 and zero-net emissions (for scopes 1 and 2) by 2030, from the 2019 baseline. Additionally, it seeks to reach 68% landfill diversion and reduce waste to 4.03% of sales in 2024.[71]

* Regenerative Agriculture and Local Impact: New Seasons Market has expressed a commitment to regenerative farming practices, and it sponsored the Portland premiere of Common Ground, the sequel to Kiss the Ground, which explores how to help heal the planet.[72] New Seasons Market believes "working in partnership to accelerate regenerative agriculture within our supply chain is part of the solution to creating a low-carbon and resilient regional food economy."[73] The company has served as a longtime partner to Carman Ranch, a fourth generation, female-driven cattle collective, which was the first grass-fed beef to earn Regenified® certification in January of 2023.[74]
* Circular Packaging: New Seasons Market introduced a circular packaging program in April of 2022, designed to reduce single-use packaging waste. The grocer collects #1 PET, which are not accepted for curbside recycling in the Portland-area,[75] and containers recycled into clean, wash flake. The material is then transformed into plastic roll stock to be repurposed by D6 Inc. into containers that are used at New Seasons Market to package grab-and-go and produce items. To date, the program has recycled more than 280,000 lbs. of post-consumer recycled content, manufactured 102,003 lbs. of packaging and diverted approximately 2.6 million thermoforms from the landfill.[76]
* Upcycling: New Seasons Market has implemented upcycling initiatives to reduce food waste while also saving costs. These efforts include converting perishable goods that are near the end of their shelf life into value-added products.[77]
* Sustainable Aquaculture: In a collaborative effort with the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), New Seasons Market is committed to educating customers on the impact of their seafood choices and encouraging them to opt for the most responsible options.[78]

### Partner Brand[edit]

Partner Brand is New Seasons Market's private label program committed to local sourcing, transparency in packaging, and community support. More than 80% of the items under the Partner Brand are sourced within a 500-mile radius of Portland, Oregon.[79] The grocer also features the maker on the front packaging of each product, and a portion of sales from Partner Brand is allocated to the Partner Fund, which provides low interest loans to producers that often need, but struggle to secure, capital to grow their business.[80] To date, New Seasons Market has distributed more than $250,000 through Partner Fund.[81]

### Wage initiatives[edit]

In 2015, New Seasons took a vocal position in support of raising the minimum wage in Oregon,[82] raising starting wages at all stores to $12 an hour, and testifying at the Oregon State Senate hearings in 2016[83] in support of raising minimum wage across the state. New Seasons announced pay increases again in 2018, raising minimum pay to $15 across every region, effective February 2019.[84] New Seasons Market raised starting wages again in October 2021 to $16.25 an hour.[85]

## Controversies[edit]

### Gentrification and revitalization contributions[edit]

When New Seasons opened stores in the North Williams and St. Johns neighborhoods of Portland, some residents questioned if the stores would contribute to the gentrification of these historically black and working-class neighborhoods.[86][87] In an interview with The Oregonian newspaper in 2015 former head of store development, Jerry Chevasuss said that the grocery store targets neighborhoods in the process of gentrification, and that often the addition of a New Seasons will push rents and home values higher, adding to that process.[88]

Some long-time Seattle residents voiced concerns that a planned store in the Central District, a formerly red-lined, historically black, neighborhood in Seattle currently undergoing rapid gentrification, would cater to new residents and not serve existing communities.[89][90]

In a July 2023 Portland Business Journal article, data editor noted that "New Seasons moving into Slabtown Marketplace was a big catalyst" to the transformation of Portland's Slabtown area, with Kurt Lango of Lango Hansen Landscape Architects continuing, "That actually drove the beginning of the success of Slabtown."[91]

Vancouver Mayor Pro Tem Ty Stober shared that the October 2023 opening of New Seasons Market at Main Street was "a product of deliberate decisions that have been made by the Vancouver City Council for decades in order to build the density that we needed in order to get to this point." When the Milwaukie Marketplace store opened in March of 2024, Milwaukie Mayor Lisa Batey shared, "They are not only providing quality food products and jobs for our residents, but also helping rejuvenate and bring life to Milwaukie Marketplace. We are fortunate to have them as our newest neighbor."

### Unionization[edit]

#### 2017[edit]

In October 2017 Portland-based employees at New Seasons Market formed the group New Seasons Workers United and launched a public campaign to improve working conditions at their stores.[92] Employees cited changes implemented since Endeavour Capital acquired majority ownership as a major impetus for organizing.[92] Subsequently, New Seasons Market hired the union-avoidance firm Cruz and Associates, notable for its unsuccessful contract with Trump Hotels to prevent unionization of the hotel's employees.[12][93] New Seasons Market faced criticism and two National Labor Relations Board charges alleging illegal retaliation when they fired two employees who had appeared in a union flyer.[12] The charges were later dismissed.[12] Future Oregon Governor Tina Kotek rallied with employees outside of the Arbor Lodge location in support of unionization.[94]

#### 2022-present[edit]

In May 2022, employees at stores in the Portland metropolitan area began attempts towards seeking unionization, organizing separately with the newly founded independent New Seasons Labor Union and UFCW Local 555,[30] with the NSLU being founded with the intention of unionized workers being independent from the UFCW.[95] New Seasons Market in response, for the second time, hired a lawyer from a law firm that previously had experience advising businesses associated with Donald Trump, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart. The law firm also was previously hired by Powell's Books during worker unionizations.[96] The Seven Corners location filed with the National Labor Relations Board under New Seasons Labor Union, and the Orenco Station location filed through the representation of the UFCW.[97][98]

On June 23, 2022, workers at the Sellwood location filed with the NLRB under representation from the NSLU to unionize.[99] Workers at the Slabtown in downtown Portland location also filed on August 15.[100][101] On September 1, 2022, workers represented by the UFCW lost the union election at the Orenco Station store in Hillsboro by a vote of 60 to 37.[102]

On September 7, 2022, workers represented by the NSLU won the union election at the Seven Corners store, marking the first ever New Seasons Market to vote to unionize, by a vote of 62 to 15.[103][104][105][106][107] Just a day later, workers at the Sellwood location represented by the NSLU lost their union election by a vote of 33 to 29.[108] On September 16, 2022, workers under the NSLU at the Woodstock location filed to unionize,[109][110] and in October 2022 staff represented by the NSLU at the Concordia and Grant Park locations also filed.[111][112]

On October 14, 2022, representatives from the United Food and Commercial Workers filed unfair labor practice complaints with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that New Seasons Market engaged in retaliatory tactics and fired an employee at the Orenco Station location that was involved in unionizing workers.[113] On October 20, 2022, workers at the Slabtown location under the NSLU voted to unionize by a vote of 62–14.[114][115][116] On November 15, 2022, workers at the Arbor Lodge location filed to unionize,[117] and by November 28, 2022, over half of all New Seasons Market stores had filed to unionize, with 10 of 19 filing with the National Labor Relations Board, with workers at the Cedar Hills location in Beaverton, Oregon, filing to unionize under the NSLU on that same day.[118][119][120]

On December 9, 2022, workers under the NSLU at the Woodstock location voted to unionize by a vote of 80–18, and on December 13, 2022, the Grant Park location voted to unionize by a vote of 72–22, and as of December 2023, 11 locations are now unionized.[121]

On January 13, 2023, it was found by the National Labor Relations Board that New Seasons Market engaged in unfair labor practices in regard to their attempts to stop union activities at the Orenco Station store. According to a union representative, the company threatened employees based on benefits availability in regard to unionizing. New Seasons Market released a statement disagreeing with the National Labor Relations Board findings.[2] The company and union settled on a rerun, which took place in February of 2024, and staff once again voted against UFCW Local 555 representation.[33]

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