Whole Foods Market Accepting Applications for its 2024 Local and Emerging Accelerator Program
Retailer seeks emerging food brands for “Early Growth” cohort, announces newest members of its “On the Verge” cohort AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Whole Foods Market opened the application process for its 2024 Local and Emerging Accelerator Program (LEAP) today, seeking 10 innovative food brands not yet sold in Whole Foods Market stores to join the program’s Early Growth cohort. Launched in 2022, LEAP advances Whole Foods Market’s core value of creating win-win partnerships and its longstanding support of local and emerging suppliers by creating mentorship opportunities for cohort participants with Whole Foods Market experts accompanied by months of tailored educational programming. Selected participants for the Early Growth cohort will undergo a 12-week educational curriculum, and, once complete, will be considered for placement on the grocer’s shelves in …