Get to Know INFRA

In this month’s episode of Common Roots, we’re chatting with Sam Mogannam, second-generation owner of the Bi-Rite Family of Businesses. As a long time fixture of the Bay Area community, Bi-Rite is proud to uphold the principles of leading with love, pursuing with passion, and acting with integrity. What started 60 years ago read more

L . A . Grocery & Cafe, CA. Founded 2024. L.A . Grocery & Cafe just recently opened in 2024 in the heart of Los Angeles on Melrose Avenue. Founded with the mission of exploring food systems that enrich the lives of people and the places they live, L.A. Grocery & Cafe carries a wide variety of read more

Contact Information: Meggie Smith INFRA, Director of Communications msmith@infretailers.com 651-888-4731 Press Release - For Immediate Release INFRA Partners with Gourmet Foods International (GFI) to Bring Specialty Food Offerings to Members St. Paul, Minnesota – February 27, 2025 – read more

In this episode of Common Roots, we chatted with Mary Walsh, Co-Founder of Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery in Greenville, South Carolina. In 2011, Mary and partner Jac left their jobs to pursue opening a neighborhood grocery dedicated to supporting local farmers and food makers. What started as an abandoned meat processing facility read more

St. Paul, MN – Feb . 10, 2025 - INFRA (Independent Natural Food Retailers Association) is proud to partner with organic recycling company Denali to help INFRA’s purchasing cooperative of nearly 360 natural food and wellness retailers collect and recycle surplus food . In 2022, r read more

2024 was a monumental year for INFRA. Beyond welcoming 29 retailers into membership, launching our new A/B promotions ad cycle, and hosting another massively successful INFRA Annual Conference and Tabletop Buying Show, we took significant strides towards our 1,000-community vision for 2028 . Read on to learn more about the read more

Work Anniversaries Sarah Super – 1 year Nicholas Helms – 2 Years Hope Tipton – 2 Years Chris Sorensen – 3 Years Angela Bozo – 3 Years Kim Route – 3 Years Courtney Worden – 3 Years Michele Lamppa – 4 Years Hannah Gomes – 4 Years Danelle Rydel – 8 Years Meggie Smith – 8 Years New Hires Bella Syslo read more