Green foods equal green dollars for grocers

Island resident Joe Armentrout remembers a time when eating organic meant growing his own or making the drive to a specialty retailer in Houston.

That was, “until they started doing this,” said Armentrout, 63, gesturing toward Kroger’s newly unveiled Nature Market in Galveston. From apples to zucchini, Armentrout had his pick.

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