Local Producer Loan Program has backed 250 groundbreaking brands and growers since 2007
AUSTIN, Texas, 2016-Jun-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — Since its inception in 2007, Whole Foods Market’s ® (NASDAQ: WFM) Local Producer Loan Program has provided a total of $20 million in low-interest loans to independent producers and artisans.
The program reached its latest milestone at the…
Newest Recipient of Whole Foods Market® Local Producer Loan Program Grows Business
AUSTIN, Texas, 2015-12-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — Pacha Soap is the newest independent local business to receive funding from Whole Foods Market’s Local Producer Loan Program. With the new funds, Hastings-based Pacha Soap will develop their sustainable liquid hand soap product line, Pump…
Young entrepreneur and recent ‘Shark Tank’ contestant receives low-interest loan from national grocer
AUSTIN, Texas, 2015-4-9 — /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Foods Market is partnering with Austin-based BeeSweet Lemonade, founded by 10-year-old Mikaila Ulmer, as the newest recipient of a low-interest loan through the company’s Local Producer Loan Program. Ulmer’s high-quality lemonade, made with mint,…