Berkeley Bowl is an independent grocery store in Berkeley, California.[1] Founded by Glenn and Diane Yasuda,[2] it sells organic and natural products and is known for its extensive produce section. In 2008, the Los Angeles Times wrote that it was "[Berkeley]'s most popular grocery store" and "one of the nation's most renowned retailers of exotic fruits and vegetables."[3] It has two locations in the city.
Berkeley Bowl
Industry
Grocery Store
Founders
Glenn and Diane Yasuda
Headquarters
Berkeley, California
,
United States
Products
fruits and vegetables, groceries
Website
Berkeley Bowl
The Berkeley Bowl produce section.
The business name is a reference to the former bowling alley that became the store's first location.[1]
HistoryEdit
In 1977, Glenn and Diane Yasuda opened a small neighborhood market in a converted building that formerly housed a bowling alley at 2777 Shattuck Avenue.[4][5] By the late 1990s, it had outgrown the building, and in 1999 moved to a renovated Safeway at 2020 Oregon Street.[6] Labor organizers pushed to unionize the store's 250 employees in 2003, but after a series of disputes, the National Labor Relations Board accused the company of "pervasive and serious" labor issues that prevented a fair election.[6][7] The company reached a settlement recognizing the United Food and Commercial Workers as representatives of Berkeley Bowl workers, and paying but not reinstating two employees who claimed that they were unfairly fired.[7] A second location, Berkeley Bowl West, opened in 2009. The union was decertified after an employee vote in 2010.[8]
ReferencesEdit
^ abTager, 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.
^de Turenne, Veronique (June 16, 1999). "Bowling for Produce". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
^Glionna, John M. (September 22, 2008). . Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
^Batey, Eve (February 20, 2020). "Glenn Yasuda, Co-Founder of Famed Produce Mart Berkeley Bowl, Dies at 85". Eater SF. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
^Wasman, Sharon (August 3, 2005). "You Think You've Got Tomatoes". The New York Times. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
^ abRomney, Lee (October 30, 2003). . Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
^ abRaine, George (August 11, 2004). "Berkeley Bowl joins union after long fight". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
^West, Jackson (June 26, 2010). "Berkeley Bowl Soon to Be Non-Union Again". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
External linksEdit
Official website
October 21, 2023
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