Yoke's Fresh Market

Yoke's Fresh Markets

Company type	Employee-owned
Industry	Retail (Grocery)
Founded	1946;79 years ago (1946)
Founder	Marshall Yoke Harriet Yoke
Headquarters	Spokane, Washington , United States
Number of locations	19 (2022)
Area served	Washington Idaho
Key people	John Bole (CEO) [1]
Products	Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor
Revenue	$202 million (2019)
Number of employees	1,054 (2019) [2]
Website	www.yokesfreshmarkets.com

Yoke's Fresh Market is an employee-owned Spokane, Washington-based chain of grocery stores founded in 1946 by Marshall and Harriet Yoke. The chain was established by their son Chuck in the 1960s and now encompasses 19 stores in Washington, Idaho, and Montana, primarily in the Spokane area. In 1990, Chuck sold the chain to the employees. John Bole currently directs company operations. ^{[3] [4]} In recent years, the chain has expanded into the southeastern portion of Washington, with stores in Pasco, Kennewick, West Richland, and Richland.

The Liberty Lake Yoke's opened their doors on March 2, 2016, at the old Safeway/Haggen location. ^[5]

In September 2016, Yoke's Fresh Market expanded their stores total to 17 by acquiring Trading Company Stores locations in Cheney, Latah Creek (South Spokane), Spokane Valley, and Post Falls. ^[6]

Yoke's announced that it would acquire both Missoula Fresh Market (formerly Safeway) in Missoula. The switch will take place by early fall 2022. ^[7]

History

Yoke's Fresh Market was founded in 1946 in Deer Park, Washington, by Marshall and Harriet Yoke. ^[8]

In 1990, Chuck Yoke sold the chain of stores to the employees, thus forming an employee stock ownership plan.

Locations

Spokane, Washington locations

• Airway Heights – 1151 S. Lyons
• Argonne – 9329 E. Montgomery Ave.
• Cheney – 4 Cheney-Spokane Rd (formerly Trading Company)
• Deer Park – 810 S. Main St.
• Indian Trail – 3321 W. Indian Trail Rd.
• Latah Creek – 4235 S. Cheney-Spokane Rd (west of US-195) (formerly Tidyman's and Trading Company)
• Liberty Lake – 1233 N. Liberty Lake Rd. (formerly Safeway and Haggen)
• Mead – 14202 N. Market St.
• North Foothills – 210 E. North Foothills Dr.
• Sprague & McDonald – 13014 E. Sprague Ave (formerly Tidyman's and Trading Company)
• Sprague – 15111 E. Sprague Ave. Store was closed in late 2010. ^[9]
• Wellesley – 4507 W. Wellesley Ave. Store was closed in September 2007. ^[10]

Washington: other locations

• Kennewick, Washington – 1410 W. 27th Ave.
• Pasco, Washington – 4905 Road 68
• West Richland, Washington – 1401 Bombing Range Rd.
• South Richland, Washington – 454 Keene Rd.

Idaho locations

• Kellogg, Idaho – 117 N. Hill St.
• Ponderay, Idaho – 212 Bonner Mall Way
• Post Falls, Idaho – 1501 E. Seltice Way (formerly Tidyman's and Trading Company)

Montana locations

• Missoula, Montana - 3801 S. Reserve St (opened in fall 2022) (formerly Safeway and Missoula Fresh Market)
• Missoula, Montana - 800 W. Broadway Ave (opened in fall 2022) (formerly Safeway and Missoula Fresh Market)

References

1. "About us". Yoke's Fresh Markets. July 8, 2014.
2. "Yoke's Fresh Markets". Yoke's Fresh Markets.
3. "Yoke's Fresh Market: About Us". 8 July 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
4. "Yoke's sale of bulk apples". 25 May 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
5. "Mark your calendars! The soft opening is on February 24th, but our official grand opening is on March 2nd!". Facebook . Retrieved February 13, 2016.
6. "Yoke's Foods to buy four Trading Company stores in the region" . Retrieved July 11, 2016.
7. "Missoula Fresh Market stores to be acquired by Yoke's Fresh Markets". NBCMontana.com. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
8. "History of Yoke's". 8 July 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
9. "Yoke's closing store on Sprague in Valley". Spokesman.com. 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
10. "Yokes Food to close store at River Ridge" . Retrieved December 28, 2015.

External links

• Yoke's Fresh Market