As the only Downtown Pensacola grocery store, Ever’man Natural Foods carries a wide span of conventional food items along with natural, organic, gluten-free and niche food alternatives. Whole grain breads and fresh peanut butter line shelves next to packaged cereals and a myriad of juice options. Bulk bins of healthy snacks make family shopping easy. Frozen meals and canned supplies encourage healthy eating for on-the-go lifestyles.
A staple of our Pensacola grocery store is a dairy section dedicated to hormone-free, organic milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs and milk alternative products. We also offer environmentally friendly household items and cleaning supplies to keep people and pets safe.
The Ever’man Pensacola Grocery Store Includes:
- Dairy/Refrigerated foods (cheese, yogurt, milk, ice cream)
- Meat/Poultry (free range, packaged and freshly sliced)
- Bulk goods (less packaging, more economical; largest variety in area?)
- Wine/Beer (organic, sulfite free)
- Frozen foods
- Pet foods
- Beverages/Juices
- Household goods (environmentally friendly cleaners and paper products)
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Pensacola grocery store provides one stop shopping for all things natural and organic to support a healthy lifestyle. Don’t see what you need? Let us know so we can look into placing a special order for you.
Grocery News
SAFETY BY THE DOZEN! BUY YOUR LOCAL & ORGANIC EGGS AT EVER'MAN
The Wright County Egg farm near Clarion, Iowa.
By WILLIAM NEUMAN
Published: August 30, 2010
Barns infested with flies, maggots and scurrying rodents, and overflowing manure pits were among the widespread food safety problems that federal inspectors found at a group of Iowa egg farms at the heart of a nationwide recall and salmonella outbreak.
Inspection reports released by the Food and Drug Administration on Monday described — often in nose-pinching detail — possible ways that salmonella could have been spread undetected through the vast complexes of two companies.
The inspections, conducted over the last three weeks, were the first to check compliance by large egg-producing companies with new federal egg safety rules that were written well before the current outbreak, but went into effect only last month.
“Clearly the observations here reflect significant deviations from what’s expected,” said Michael R. Taylor, deputy commissioner for food for the F.D.A.
Mr. Taylor said that in response to the outbreak and recall, F.D.A. inspectors would visit all of the 600 major egg-producing facilities in the country over the next 15 months. Those farms, with 50,000 or more hens each, represent about 80 percent of nationwide egg production.
The recall, which began Aug. 13, involves more than half a billion eggs from the Iowa operations of two leading egg producers, Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms. About 1,500 reported cases of Salmonella enteritidis have been linked to tainted eggs since the spring — the largest known outbreak associated with that strain of salmonella.
The F.D.A. inspection reports portray areas of filth and poor sanitation at both operations, including many instances of rodents, wild birds or hens escaped from cages — all of which can carry salmonella — appearing to have had free run of the facilities.
It was difficult to gauge from the report how extensive the problems were. Both companies operate vast facilities housing seven million hens. Wright County Egg says inspectors visited 73 barns on its five egg farms.
Both companies said that they had acted quickly to correct problems and were continuing to cooperate with regulators. The reports cited numerous instances in which both companies had failed to follow through on basic measures meant to keep chickens from becoming infected with salmonella, which can cause them to lay eggs containing the bacteria.
“That is not good management, bottom line,” said Kenneth E. Anderson, a professor of poultry science at North Carolina State University. “I am surprised that an operation was being operated in that manner in this day and age.”
Inspection visits to Wright County Egg found barns with abundant rodent holes and gaps in doors, siding and foundations where rodents could enter. Inspectors spotted mice scampering about 11 laying houses.
Inspectors said that many of the barns lacked separate entrances, so that workers had to walk through one barn to get into another — conditions that could allow workers to track bacteria between barns. In addition, workers were seen moving from barn to barn without changing protective clothing or cleaning tools.
The report on Wright County Egg also described pits beneath laying houses where chicken manure was piled four to eight feet high. It also described hens that had escaped from laying cages tracking through the manure.
Officials last week said that they were taking a close look at a feed mill operated by Wright County Egg, after tests found salmonella in bone meal, a feed ingredient, and in feed given to young birds, known as pullets. The young birds were raised to become laying hens at both Wright County Egg and Hillandale.
The inspection report helped fill in the picture of the feed mill as a potential source of contamination, saying that birds were seen roosting and flying about the facility. (Officials said both wild birds and escaped hens were found at the mill.)
Nesting material was seen in parts of the mill, including the ingredient storage area and an area where trucks were loaded. The report also said that there were numerous holes in bins or other structures open to the outdoors. That included the bin containing meat and bone meal that provided the feed ingredient sample in which salmonella was found.
Officials said last week that they had found traces of salmonella similar to the strain associated with the outbreak in a total of six test samples taken from Wright County Egg facilities. That included the two feed tests and four tests taken from walkways or other areas.
On Monday, officials said for the first time that they had also found salmonella at a Hillandale facility. The bacteria was found in water that had been used to wash eggs.
The inspection report on Hillandale showed many problems similar to those found at Wright County Egg, including hens tracking through manure piles and signs of rodent infestation.
F.D.A. officials said they were not permitted to discuss possible enforcement actions. But, according to Mr. Taylor, the law allows for civil actions like injunctions as well as criminal prosecution.
“We are in the process of analyzing this evidence and considering what enforcement actions would be appropriate,” Mr. Taylor said.
Officials said their investigation was continuing and they were not yet able to say how the salmonella had gotten into the laying operations.
Wright County Egg is owned by Jack DeCoster, who has a long history of environmental, labor and immigration violations at egg operations in Maine, Iowa and elsewhere. The inspection report identified Mr. DeCoster’s son, Peter DeCoster, as the chief operating officer of the Iowa operation.
Both companies have stopped selling shell eggs to consumers from their Iowa facilities and instead are sending all their eggs to breaking plants where they are pasteurized, which kills the bacteria. The eggs would then most likely be sold in liquid form, possibly to food manufacturers.
Symptoms of salmonella include diarrhea, vomiting and stomach cramps. The bacteria is killed by pasteurization or by thoroughly cooking the eggs.
WE'VE ADDED NEW RAW AND GLUTEN FREE FOODS
Raw foods are unprocessed, uncooked plant based foods and believed to have a higher nutritional value. We are building our raw food product line by adding foods like our new Like Love Force raw energy bars and raw breads. This brand is not only raw, it's also organic, vegan, gluten-free and all natural.
Speaking of gluten free, after many requests, we now carry Udi’s™ gluten-free white sandwich bread. This bread is a customer favorite. It is light and fluffy, made with all natural ingredients and without added fillers. We also now carry Rudi’s certified gluten-free, all natural multigrain bread.
These breads are new on the market and have been given the thumbs up by employees and customers alike. See you in the aisles.
More Information: Click here to read more about Udi's Gluten Free Products
CO+OP DEALS COUPON BOOK: NEW LOOK, GREAT SAVINGS!
Starting in September, you'll notice some changes to our sales flier, sales signs, coupon books and other materials provided by National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA), the national association of which we're a member. NCGA provides these resources as a benefit of membership, allowing us to focus our time and energy on other areas that provide value to our shoppers, members and local community.
NCGA is launching a new brand, Co+op, stronger together. Besides the new logo and fresh new look, you'll see more deals, more often, which quarterly coupon books and twice the number of sales flyers. So what's the deal? It's Co+op, stronger together!
SHELF RESETS IN THE WORKS!
If you have shopped Ever’man in the past few months, you may have noticed we have rearranged things a bit.
Many thanks to our new store manager, William Rolfs, for coming to us with his fresh ideas as well as years of grocery experience which include performing store resets.
Almost immediately William made it a priority to relocate certain products in order to create a better flow for shoppers.
After our reset is complete, we are confident our customers’ shopping experience will be less confusing and more pleasant.
