Berkeley Bowl

Berkeley Bowl is an independent grocery store in Berkeley, California.[1][2] Owned by Glenn and Diane Yasuda,[3] it sells organic and natural products and has an extensive produce section. It has two locations in the city. Glenn Yasuda died on February 14, 2020 aged 85.

Berkeley Bowl
IndustryGrocery Store
FounderGlenn and Diane Yasuda
Headquarters
Berkeley, California
,
United States
Productsfruits and vegetables, groceries
Websiteberkeleybowl.com
The Berkeley Bowl produce section.

The business name stems from their first store location, in a former bowling alley.[4]

History

Started as a small local grocery store in 1977 by Glenn and Diane Yasuda,[5] it now has two locations in Berkeley.[6] The original store was located in a converted bowling alley (also named Berkeley Bowl) at 2777 Shattuck Avenue, and moved to a renovated Safeway at 2020 Oregon Street in 1999. In 2003, it employed 250 people and there was a drive for unionization.[2] A second location, Berkeley Bowl West, opened at 9th and Heinz in 2009.

In 2008, the Los Angeles Times wrote that it was "this strident city's most popular grocery store."[7]

In April 2019, a class-action lawsuit was brought against Berkeley Bowl claiming that the grocery store was not properly paying its employees for overtime.[8]

References
  1. Tager, Sally (September 19, 1984). "Want 15 kinds of lettuce, 5 kinds of berries? Try the Berkeley Bowl". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  2. Romney, Lee (October 30, 2003). "Labor Fight Seen as Un-Berkeley". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  3. de Turenne, Veronique (June 16, 1999). "Bowling for Produce". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  4. Taylor, Tracey (March 24, 2015). "Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses". Berkeleyside. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  5. Batey, Eve (February 20, 2020). "Glenn Yasuda, Co-Founder of Famed Produce Mart Berkeley Bowl, Dies at 85". Eater SF.
  6. Wasman, Sharon (August 3, 2005). "You Think You've Got Tomatoes". The New York Times. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  7. Glionna, John M. (September 22, 2008). "Where the nuts are off the shelf". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  8. Staff, Marlena Tavernier-Fine (April 17, 2019). "Class-action complaint brought against Berkeley Bowl by former employee". The Daily Californian.
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