its organic produce in North America. While it sold food from around the world, the company also operated the policy of "100 mile Commitment" to sell as much local produce as possible from within a 100-mile radius of the store. Store locations At its peak, Earth Fare operated 50 stores locations across 10 states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. As of February 2021, the chain currently operates 20 locations across 8 states: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, Ohio, and Michigan. Expansion and decline Earth Fare expanded into Virginia in November 2017 with three locations in Roanoke, Fairfax, and Williamsburg. In 2019, Earth Fare had planned fifty additional stores by 2024. In 2018, Earth Fare closed two locations in Atlanta, Georgia, and one location in Columbus, Ohio. Earth Fare's Gainesville, Florida and Fairfax, Virginia locations closed in January 2020. Reopening Just four months after shuttering the entire chain, an investment from Hulsing Enterprises of Asheville, North Carolina, and its CEO Dennis Hulsing helped the original Earth Fare founders Randy Talley and Mike Cianciarulo, to revive the brand and begin to reopen certain locations. First to reopen was the Westgate Earth Fare in Asheville on June 22. The second and third locations to reopen are in Roanoke, Virginia, and Boone, North Carolina, with five other locations earmarked to resume operations in Athens, Georgia, Summerville, South Carolina, and Rock Hill, South Carolina. Most of the other former Earth Fare locations in the Southeastern U.S. were sold to other retailers during the bankruptcy proceedings earlier in 2020. The chain also announced its first completely new location—as opposed to a reopening of a shuttered location—will open in early 2021 in Christiansburg, Virginia. In February 2022, an e-mail was sent to Earth Fare customers stating that the store in Saint Johns, Florida, was closing just months after re-opening; on February 17, 2022, liquidation sales began at 50% off storewide. References External links Companies based in Asheville, North Carolina Defunct companies based in North Carolina Economy of the Southeastern United States Defunct supermarkets of the United States Organic food retail organizations Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2020 Retail companies established in 1975 American companies established in 1975 1975 establishments in North Carolina Retail companies disestablished in 2020 American companies disestablished in 2020 2020 disestablishments in North Carolina