Sprouts Farmers Market to open Baltimore location July 22

Sprouts Farmers Market will open in Baltimore at 3800 Boston St. July 22 at 7 a.m., the fifth Sprouts location in Maryland for the Phoenix, Arizona-based grocery store chain.

Sprouts employs more than 35,000 team members and operates 350 stores in 23 states from coast to coast. It also operates locations in Ellicott City, Bel Air, Towson and Pasadena.

The company is closely following local health authority guidelines form local officials and the Centers for Disease Control related to COVID-19, while regularly providing store team members, who are required to wear masks, with the latest safety guidance.

In addition to regular food safety and cleaning procedures, Sprouts has invested additional labor hours into stores to allow for more frequent cleaning, paying close attention to high-touch areas such as service counters, restrooms, carts and checkout lanes.

Stores are also implementing steps to promote social distancing and have installed plexiglass barriers at registers to add protection for team members and customers.

As part of Sprouts’ commitment to zero waste, the Baltimore store will donate unsold and edible groceries to Maryland Food Bank through the grocer’s Food Rescue program. In 2019, Sprouts stores and distribution centers donated 27 million pounds of product, equivalent to 23 million meals. Food that is not fit for donation is provided to local cattle farms and composting facilities.

To celebrate the new store, every shopper on opening day will receive a free reusable shopping bag with purchase. Local customers can also enter to win a $500 Sprouts gift card by visiting sprouts.com/baltimore.