glenn and diane yasuda headquarters berkeley california united states products fruits and vegetables groceries website berkeleybowl.com the berkeley bowl produce section . berkeley bowl is an independent grocery store in berkeley california . 1 2 owned by glenn and diane yasuda 3 it sells organic and natural products and has an extensive produce section . it has two locations in the city . the business name stems from their first store location in a former bowling alley . 4 history and reception edit started as a small local grocery store in 1977 it now has two locations in berkeley . 5 the original store was located in a converted bowling alley also named berkeley bowl at 2777 shattuck avenue and moved to a renovated safeway at 2020 oregon street in 1999 . in 2003 it employed 250 people and there was a drive for unionization . 2 a second location berkeley bowl west opened at 9th and heinz in 2009 . in 2008 the los angeles times wrote that it was this strident city s most popular grocery store . 6 references edit tager sally september 19 1984 . want 15 kinds of lettuce 5 kinds of berries try the berkeley bowl . the christian science monitor . retrieved june 3 2012 . a b romney lee october 30 2003 . labor fight seen as un berkeley . los angeles times . retrieved june 3 2012 . de turenne veronique june 16 1999 . bowling for produce . los angeles times . retrieved june 3 2012 . taylor tracey 24 march 2015 . shop talk the ins and outs of berkeley businesses . berkeleyside . retrieved 26 march 2015 . wasman sharon august 3 2005 . you think you ve got tomatoes . the new york times . retrieved june 3 2012 . glionna john m. september 22 2008 . where the nuts are off the shelf . los angeles times . retrieved june 3 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title berkeley bowl & oldid 727585917 categories companies established in 19771977 establishments in californiafood and drink in the san francisco bay areacompanies based in berkeley californiafood retailers of the united statesretail companies based in california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 june 2016 at 23 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view