private industry retail grocery founded 1979 ; 37 years ago 1979 headquarters eugene oregon u.s. key people richard wright sr. founder products grocery website marketofchoice.com market of choice is a supermarket chain 1 based in eugene oregon united states . the store carries conventional groceries as well as natural and organic products . 2 contents 1 history 2 local recognition 3 green energy 4 references history edit the market of choice stores are owned by market of choice inc. the company began in 1979 with a single store owned by richard wright sr. in cottage grove oregon . 2 by 2011 market of choice had seven stores with four in eugene and one each in ashland portland west linn and corvallis . 1 as of june 2016 with the opening of a store in bend the total has grown to ten . 3 in 2017 market of choice will open its newest store at 10th and belmont in portland . 4 the company is now run by the founder s son rick wright . rick wright reorganized his father s company which included price chopper and thriftway stores and created market of choice . 5 as part of their rebranding price chopper stores transitioned to the name pc market and finally to market of choice . 6 local recognition edit market of choice stores was voted the best grocery store natural food store and salad bar in lane county in the register guard s readers choice awards in 2016 . the eugene stores were also a winner in the dessert category . 7 the bend market of choice store was voted one of the best grocery stores in central oregon in 2016 by the readers of source weekly . 8 green energy edit a market of choice store in eugene market of choice has reduced their energy consumption by about 15 20 % using a variety of means including employee training equipment maintenance and replacing outdated refrigeration with more energy efficient equipment . 5 the willamette street location in eugene produces solar energy with a 30.8 kilowatt photovoltaic pv system which is one of the largest such systems in the city . 5 this store also composts its organic waste onsite and the company looks for earth friendly packaging material for its goods . 5 in september 2008 market of choice removed the use of plastic shopping bags from their stores . 9 references edit a b nine locations listed at locations . market of choice . retrieved january 4 2016 . a b market of choice about us vance miles january 22 2015 . new market of choice grocery store now open in bend . s. p. a3 . retrieved 2015 08 10 . http registerguard.com rg news local 34472658 75 market of choice ready to open bend store.html.csp a b c d market of choice manages their energy right . betterbricks . retrieved november 1 2008 . a supermarket that deserves the label . the register guard . march 2 2007 . retrieved november 1 2008 . http readerschoice.registerguard.com http www.bendsource.com bend 2016 best of central oregon winners bestof oid 2747262 grocery chain cuts plastic bags . kval tv . september 11 2008 . retrieved 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