Lazy Acres
Encyclopedia
Lazy Acres Market Inc., based in Santa Barbara, California
, United States, is a single grocery store for natural and organic
foods, gourmet
foods, supplements and body care products, as well as eco-friendly
goods. The store is owned and operated by Bristol Farms
.
Founded in 1991 by Jimmy Searcy, Hugo van Seenus and Irwin Carasso, their vision was to create an unparalleled shopping experience where customers can wander, relax, and enjoy themselves, as well as to provide unmatched personal service from knowledgeable employees who genuinely care.
The original store was 11,000 square feet, but was expanded in 1997 to its current size of 28,000 square feet, including the buying offices and a covered café, where customers can sit and enjoy food from the shop. The buyers of the store are the same people who customers see every day on the sales floor. This fosters an open dialogue for consumer interaction with those who make decisions about product mix. The majority of the food that Lazy Acres offers from the prepared foods departments is made in-house from scratch everyday using natural ingredients, locally-sourced and organic when possible. Although Lazy Acres does carry some mainstream products as a convenience to shoppers, it is first and foremost a natural foods store.
In late 2005, Lazy Acres Market was acquired by Bristol Farms
, a Los Angeles, California-based chain of high-end grocery stores.
On October 29, 2010, Bristol Farms and Lazy Acres Market became an independent private company, after its management partnered with Endeavour Capital to acquire the company back from Minnesota-based SuperValu
.
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
, United States, is a single grocery store for natural and organic
Organic food
Organic foods are foods that are produced using methods that do not involve modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers, do not contain genetically modified organisms, and are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents, or chemical food additives.For the...
foods, gourmet
Gourmet
Gourmet is a cultural ideal associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink, or haute cuisine, which is characterised by elaborate preparations and presentations of large meals of small, often quite rich courses...
foods, supplements and body care products, as well as eco-friendly
Environmentally friendly
Environmentally friendly are terms used to refer to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies claimed to inflict minimal or no harm on the environment....
goods. The store is owned and operated by Bristol Farms
Bristol Farms
Bristol Farms Inc. is an upscale grocery store chain in California, United States. Founded in Los Angeles County, Bristol Farms operates fourteen stores, twelve in Southern California, and one in San Francisco. The fourteenth store operates as Lazy Acres Market in Santa Barbara...
.
Founded in 1991 by Jimmy Searcy, Hugo van Seenus and Irwin Carasso, their vision was to create an unparalleled shopping experience where customers can wander, relax, and enjoy themselves, as well as to provide unmatched personal service from knowledgeable employees who genuinely care.
The original store was 11,000 square feet, but was expanded in 1997 to its current size of 28,000 square feet, including the buying offices and a covered café, where customers can sit and enjoy food from the shop. The buyers of the store are the same people who customers see every day on the sales floor. This fosters an open dialogue for consumer interaction with those who make decisions about product mix. The majority of the food that Lazy Acres offers from the prepared foods departments is made in-house from scratch everyday using natural ingredients, locally-sourced and organic when possible. Although Lazy Acres does carry some mainstream products as a convenience to shoppers, it is first and foremost a natural foods store.
In late 2005, Lazy Acres Market was acquired by Bristol Farms
Bristol Farms
Bristol Farms Inc. is an upscale grocery store chain in California, United States. Founded in Los Angeles County, Bristol Farms operates fourteen stores, twelve in Southern California, and one in San Francisco. The fourteenth store operates as Lazy Acres Market in Santa Barbara...
, a Los Angeles, California-based chain of high-end grocery stores.
On October 29, 2010, Bristol Farms and Lazy Acres Market became an independent private company, after its management partnered with Endeavour Capital to acquire the company back from Minnesota-based SuperValu
Supervalu (United States)
SuperValu Inc. is a United States grocery retailer and distributor. The corporation, headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, has been in business for over a century. It is the third-largest food retailing company in the United States , and ranks #51 on the Fortune 100 list.On June 2, 2006,...
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