Sprouts Farmers Market opens in Spring Cypress Village

Sprouts, a farmers-market type grocery store with a focus on healthy living, opened a 28,000-square-foot store April 17 in Spring Cypress Village.

"We offer healthy living for less," said Steve Black, a spokesman for the company. "We're affordable. One of the things we say is you can eat natural and organic without dipping into your 401K."

The new store is located at 22506 Hwy. 249, at the intersection with Spring Cypress Road. Black said the company received a lot of requests from consumers to open a store in the area.

Sprouts is an independent natural foods grocery store chain. The company, which opened its first store in 2002, sells farm-fresh produce and thousands of organic, natural and mainstream foods. Sprouts sells natural and organic meats, including free range chicken and grass-fed beef. The store also sells over 8,000 vitamins and supplements.