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PEOPLE's 100 Companies That Care in 2024: Nugget Market, Inc. #17
Originally published in: People MagazineThe businesses on PEOPLE's annual list go the extra mile to honor their customers, empower their employees — and make the world a better place.
Together with global workplace authority Great Place to Work, we surveyed companies across the U.S. to find those that best demonstrate outstanding respect, care and concern for their communities, their employees and the environment. The rankings are based on more than 1.3 million survey responses from companies representing more than 8.2 million employees. Companies interested in applying for next year’s list can visit Great Place to Work.
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17 of 100: Nugget Market, Inc.
Nugget Markets, family-owned and -operated in Northern California since 1926, is a family of 16 stores, a central kitchen, a warehouse distribution center and a corporate support team, all dedicated to creating an extraordinary grocery experience — and an eco-friendly one at that.
Nugget recently celebrated its first full year of implementing the use of clean, green energy at half of their store locations with Bloom Energy fuel cells. The cells provide those eight stores with certified clean energy 24/7, eliminating the need for reliance on PG&E — even when the power grid suffers interruption.The cells generate a total of 16.4 billion watts of electricity annually, eliminating 4.6 million pounds of carbon dioxide from the environment — the equivalent of saving 225,000 gallons of gasoline. Nuggets eco-friendly efforts are pushed forward by a dedicated sustainability coordinator and “Green Guru” teams in every store.
“It’s an incredible company to work for,” says one associate. “They truly care. In the end, we’re more than just workers — we’re family.”
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