Oliver's is proud to announce the launch of our “Green Efforts” web page. This tab provides a way for us to keep interested citizens up to date on how our greening efforts are going. Our interactive slides allow you to see our sustainability mission, the guiding force for our efforts; where this mission has taken […]

If you are an Oliver's shopper, you are very familiar with our GoLocal drumbeat.  It's pretty obvious why we keep pounding this particular instrument – we all like our jobs and want to continue to live in a beautiful place where great food matters; where people understand that reducing environmental impacts translates into green land, […]

The Santa Rosa Planning Commission will be holding a public hearing on June 9th to consider the application from Sprouts Markets,  a natural food chain headquartered in Phoenix, Az., seeking a General Plan Amendment to develop a store on the corner of Bicentennial and Mendocino Avenues. I would like to add Oliver’s Markets voice to […]

Last week, the Press Democrat reported Petaluma Poultry was involved in a controversy regarding whether or not chickens laying eggs that would be sold as “organic” be pasture raised in order to obtain the coveted “organic” designation.  Currently, eggs can be sold as “organic” provided that they are fed organic non-GMO feed, have access to […]

It seems like every supermarket in town is talking about local.  As the local food movement continues to gain momentum, an important question to ask is: What does local mean to you? Some folks in our industry define local as grown in California; others as grown within a day’s truck ride from their store. For […]

Welcome to the new version 2.0 of Oliver’s website. We’ve been working on this version for several months and we’re excited that we will be able to share with you more of what we are doing at Oliver’s.  Of course, you can still find our weekly ads, Family Values flyers, and Tasting Times newsletters in […]