Posted inBest Of Central Oregon

Best Grocery Store โ–ถ [with video]

Newport Avenue Market

Standing in the delightfully colorful produce section inside Bendโ€™s Newport Avenue Market, it occurs to me that we couldnโ€™t have chosen a better location for our Wizard of Oz-themed cover shoot with CEO Lauren G.R. Johnson. Above the dark green zucchinis and the broad-leafed parsley sits a monkey that looks plucked right from an Oz-themed […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Family Meals Month: A Push to Eat at Home

Food Marketing Institute Foundation kicks off Family Meals Month

September is a time of re-focusing and a slowing down of the activities calendarโ€”and for a lot of families, it means tightening up the belt on all those meals on the go. That also means it’s an ideal time for a national organization to kick off Family Meals Monthโ€”a push to get families to eat […]

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“The World’s Healthiest Nut”

Pili Hunters sticks to its wild roots, while putting the planet first

About five years ago, Jason Thomas was on a kite surfing trip in the Philippines. It was then that he first tried the pili nut (pronounced peel-y) and experienced the powerful flavor for himself. Thomas flew back home with 10 pounds of pili nuts in his backpack and proceeded to sell them along the coasts […]

Posted inNews

Newport Avenue’s Owner Gets a National Award

Rudy Dory was honored at the 2019 National Grocers Association Show

Since opening in 1976, Newport Avenue Market has left its mark on the community. The store itself is a 19-time winner of the “Best Grocery Store” category in the Source’s Best Of Issue. Now its founder, Rudy Dory, has been honored with another award by the National Grocers Association โ€“ the Clarence G. Adamy Great […]

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