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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 10, 2006 |
When the Cows Come Home: Planet Organics Expands Bay Area?s Largest Grocery
Delivery Service
Local produce, artisanal foods and household essentials without ever
leaving home
San Francisco, Ca (May 10, 2006) ? Harkening back to the days of the milkman,
Bay Area families can now get the best that local cows, bakers and chocolate makers
have to offer, delivered to their doorstep. Planetorganics.com, the Bay Area?s largest
home delivery service of organic produce, groceries and household essentials, announced
that it will expand its product offering to include more than 1,000 products, organic
prepared meals and organics kids school lunches.
Planetorganics.com is like a neighborhood grocery store featuring local
and artisanal foods such as Superior Farms Natural Lamb, Esther?s Organic German
Bakery, Cowgirl Creamery and Cypress Grove Chevre, grocery basics such as Straus
Creamery Butter and Clover Stornetta Farms milk, eggs and butter and household essentials
such as Mrs. Meyer?s, Seventh Generation and Natural Value.
For busy families, bachelors and health conscious people that just don?t
have the time to cook, Planet Organics offers its prepared meals. There are a variety
of meals to choose from including soups, entrees, ready to bake pizzas and desserts.
For busy moms that want their children to eat a healthy lunch, they can
choose a Planet Organics kid?s lunch. Each lunch comes with a peanut butter and
jelly sandwich, cheese stick, animal crackers and choice of fruit and yogurt or
applesauce.
?Modern life has never been busier; yet, choosing healthy foods that
reflect our deepest personal values is critical. Lorene and I built Planet Organics
to deliver convenience, quality, and sustainability to Bay Area residents,? said
Larry Bearg, owner of Planet Organics.
Despite the dotcom bust, online grocery sales have increased in
the last 10 years. In 1998, online grocery sales were estimated at $85 million and by 2002,
estimates for online grocery sales reached $1.3 billion. (?Online Grocery Shopping:
Consumer Motives, Concerns, and Business Models? by Mike Kempiak and Mark A. Fox)
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About Planet Organics
Planet Organics is a small family-owned company dedicated to delivering
the freshest organic produce, groceries and prepared meals to homes throughout Northern California.
Since 1997, owners Larry Bearg and Lorene Reed have been sourcing organic
and natural foods directly from local farmers and artisans, selecting the highest
quality and widest possible variety of foods, backed by premium customer care for
busy families. Subscribers order weekly home deliveries via the company's easy-to-use
website. Planet Organics is committed to socially responsible business practices,
and donates 4 percent of its profits to the eScrip program for local schools.
To sign up for the service, or for more information, visit www.planetorganics.com.
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