Sprouts Farmers Market is planning a new site in Sacramento

Sprouts Farmers Market said Wednesday that it is aiming to open its new store in Sacramento’s Town & Country Village shopping complex in this year’s third quarter.

The Phoenix-based chain said the market at 2735 Marconi Ave. will be one of 13 new sites it plans to open nationwide in the July-to-September period. That includes individual stores in both Lodi and Vacaville, and three in Las Vegas.

The Sacramento store will open in a space formerly occupied by Save Mart.

The grocer said hiring information and a grand-opening date will be announced later this year.

Sprouts currently operates seven stores in the Sacramento area. On April 18, it is scheduled to open an eighth, a 30,000-square-foot store at 115 Ferrari Ranch Road in Lincoln. Last month, Sprouts hosted a job fair to fill 150 positions to staff the Lincoln market.

The company said a typical Sprouts market employs about 140.

The chain now has 111 stores in California and oversees nearly 300 stores in 16 states, employing more than 28,000.

This story was originally published April 4, 2018 at 11:20 AM with the headline "Sprouts Farmers Market is planning a new site in Sacramento."