2024 Natural Grocers Sustainability Report

2015 | Introduced the {N}power ® customer loyalty program

1999 | The second generation Iselys officially purchased the company from the first generation

2015 | Margaret was inducted into the Natural Products Industry Hall of Legends 2013 | Stopped carrying new grocery products containing ingredients that are at high risk of coming from GMO crops, animals, or fermentables, unless those ingredients are certified organic or verified non-GMO

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1994 | Margaret and Heather Isely lead a grassroots letter writing campaign to achieve passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) which provided the legal framework that regulates dietary supplements today

2008 | Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers phased in a name change to Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, to emphasize that groceries, rather than nutritional supplements, formed a majority of sales

2021 | Established the Heroes In Aprons Fund: a 501(c)(3) charitable entity providing financial assistance to qualifying Crew who experience unanticipated hardships

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1990 | National Organic Program established under the U.S. Department of Agriculture

2017 | Compassion in World Farming awarded Natural Grocers the international Good Egg Award for cage-free egg supply chain 2018 | First national grocery chain to offer exclusively 100% organic and Fair Trade Certified coffee for our private-label brand

2020 | In the produce aisle, switched to plant based, compostable plastic bags and 100% recycled, recyclable, and compostable paper bags

1990 | Removed all products that contained man-made trans fats from the shelves and released the first edition of “Things We Won’t Carry and Why”

2009 | Eliminated single-use plastic bags-at checkout and switched to bring-your-own-bag or upcycled cardboard boxes

2022 | Initiated CO 2 refrigeration pilot

DAIRY Since 2014 | Pasture based only

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FISCAL YEAR | 2024