Wal-Mart Jumps on the Udi's Bandwagon

Yep in July, 220 Wal-Mart locations started selling Udi's Granola.  Then in September, another 540 stores come on board bringing our total to 760+ locations.  Wal-Mart will start-off carrying our Original, Cranberry, and Hawaiian flavors.  Our sources tell us that the Hawaiian flavor is the favorite of the Wal-Mart buying team (the folks who made the decision to bring us in).  Also, my personal favorite!

For a small business like Udi's Granola, launching at Wal-Mart doesn't come without its challenges and dilemmas (everyone has an opinion about Wal-Mart).  On the challenges front, Wal-Mart means big increases in production.  That means our production shifts go longer into the evening, we have to source greater numbers of raw materials, and then find places to store all the finished goods.  This is also the first time we've worked with a consolidator.  Wal-Mart works with various consolidators that warehouse and deliver goods to their 40+ distribution centers across the country.  When orders come in for a product like Udi's Granola, the consolidator pulls it from their inventory, puts it on a truck with other items, and ships to the appropriate Wal-Mart DC for delivery to the store.

On the dilemma side of the equation, we never considered not doing business with Wal-Mart despite how some people feel about them as a company.  They negotiated a very fair price with Udi's, which was important because we couldn't under-cut other folks we do business with.  Also, as Wal-Mart continues to add more specialty food items to their stores, we were excited and flattered to be part of those offerings.  Take a closer look at your local Wal-Mart and you'll find specialty food brands like Stubbs BBQ sauce (our friends from Austin), Briannas salad dressings, McCann Irish Oatmeal, Monari balsamic vinegar from Italy, and Inglehoffer mustards from Oregon.

You can now get your Udi's Granola fix at the Wal-Mart locations listed below.

Be Udiful,
Eric

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

STORE #	CITY	STATE
332	HUNTSVILLE	AL
356	AUBURN	AL
1229	HOOVER	AL
2690	MADISON	AL
2748	GULF SHORES	AL
4333	FAIRHOPE	AL
4581	MOBILE	AL
11	MOUNTAIN HOME	AR
100	BENTONVILLE	AR
144	FAYETTEVILLE	AR
261	HOT SPRINGS	AR
2745	FAYETTEVILLE	AR
4460	MAUMELLE	AR
5244	LITTLE ROCK (NW)	AR
5260	ROGERS	AR
1299	COTTONWOOD	AZ
1417	PRESCOTT	AZ
2766	SCOTTSDALE	AZ
2767	MESA (N)	AZ
3846	MESA	AZ
3896	PEORIA (LAKE PLESNT	AZ
4325	YUMA	AZ
5329	PHOENIX	AZ
1645	HANFORD	CA
1660	PALMDALE	CA
1853	HEMET	CA
3523	SANTA CLARITA (E)	CA
5096	PALM DESERT (C.CITY	CA
953	LOVELAND	CO
984	CASTLE ROCK	CO
1434	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO
1689	AURORA	CO
1896	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO
2270	DURANGO	CO
2729	FORT COLLINS	CO
2892	PARKER	CO
3313	CENTENNIAL	CO
3867	WESTMINSTER	CO
5099	GRAND JUNCTION (W)	CO
5137	AURORA (SE)	CO
5341	BROOMFIELD	CO
2331	WATERFORD	CT
2371	WALLINGFORD	CT
174	COCOA	FL
613	ORMOND BEACH	FL
721	PORT CHARLOTTE	FL
929	PORT ST LUCIE	FL
943	CASSELBERRY	FL
987	FORT MYERS	FL
994	NEW PORT RICHEY	FL
1082	JACKSONVILLE(MANDAR	FL
1087	STUART	FL
1104	INVERNESS	FL
1223	TALLAHASSEE	FL
1362	DESTIN	FL
1390	PINELLAS PARK	FL
1874	ENGLEWOOD	FL
2740	TAMPA	FL
2789	BOYNTON BEACH	FL
2796	OLDSMAR	FL
2963	CORAL SPRINGS	FL
3207	SANFORD (W)	FL
3417	NAPLES	FL
3484	PENSACOLA	FL
3538	VIERA	FL
4262	THE VILLAGES	FL
5264	OSPREY	FL
5391	NAPLES	FL
575	WOODSTOCK	GA
878	CUMMING	GA
937	MARIETTA	GA
1227	AUGUSTA (MARTINEZ)	GA
1400	ATHENS	GA
1578	ROSWELL	GA
1766	MARIETTA	GA
2811	ATHENS	GA
2941	ALPHARETTA	GA
3403	DALLAS	GA
3461	PEACHTREE CITY	GA
3462	SUWANEE	GA
4436	ALPHARETTA	GA
5275	WOODSTOCK (W)	GA
1764	DES MOINES	IA
2827	CORALVILLE	IA
3762	WEST DE MOINES (SW)	IA
2861	GARDEN CITY	ID
196	CARBONDALE	IL
1125	NORMAL	IL
1734	CHAMPAIGN	IL
3255	SAVOY	IL
3460	PEORIA	IL
870	JASPER	IN
1479	VALPARAISO	IN
1665	MUNCIE	IN
1991	BLOOMINGTON	IN
2339	WEST LAFAYETTE	IN
2787	INDIANAPOLIS	IN
4230	FORT WAYNE	IN
35	MANHATTAN	KS
577	OLATHE	KS
664	HAYS	KS
1802	TOPEKA	KS
4321	WICHITA	KS
491	PADUCAH	KY
2628	LEXINGTON	KY
531	LAFAYETTE	LA
553	SLIDELL	LA
1206	BATON ROUGE (SW)	LA
2938	LAFAYETTE	LA
5022	NEW ORLEANS	LA
2336	PLYMOUTH	MA
2629	NORTHBRIDGE	MA
3409	LEICESTER	MA
1890	SALISBURY	MD
2153	BIDDEFORD	ME
1542	GAYLORD	MI
2192	HOUGHTON	MI
2273	BURTON (FLINT)	MI
2417	PETOSKEY	MI
5065	KALAMAZOO	MI
159	COLUMBIA	MO
444	SPRINGFIELD	MO
2221	SPRINGFIELD	MO
2857	KANSAS CITY	MO
699	OXFORD	MS
2084	BOZEMAN	MT
1027	CONCORD	NC
1156	MOORESVILLE	NC
1317	ASHEVILLE	NC
1348	WILMINGTON	NC
1355	MOREHEAD CITY	NC
1385	GASTONIA	NC
1392	WILMINGTON	NC
1464	CHARLOTTE	NC
2005	KANNAPOLIS	NC
2793	KERNERSVILLE	NC
4274	DENVER	NC
5063	CHARLOTTE	NC
3267	OMAHA	NE
3278	LINCOLN (SE)	NE
1749	SOMERSWORTH	NH
1796	AMHERST	NH
2055	CONCORD	NH
2142	SALEM	NH
3535	EPPING	NH
831	ALBUQUERQUE (S)	NM
835	ALBUQUERQUE	NM
1306	ALAMOGORDO	NM
1397	ALBUQUERQUE	NM
1560	LAS VEGAS (SE)	NV
1648	CARSON CITY	NV
2593	LAS VEGAS	NV
3254	RENO	NV
3277	RENO	NV
3408	CARSON CITY	NV
4356	LAS VEGAS	NV
5070	LAS VEGAS (SW2)	NV
1810	FISHKILL	NY
1940	EAST GREENBUSH	NY
1959	MIDDLETOWN	NY
2056	SARATOGA SPRINGS	NY
2116	QUEENSBURY	NY
2152	ALBANY	NY
2351	CATSKILL	NY
2547	MONTICELLO	NY
2637	MONROE	NY
2844	HALFMOON	NY
2874	GLENVILLE	NY
3583	GLENMONT	NY
3842	MACEDON	NY
1427	CIRCLEVILLE	OH
2275	OXFORD	OH
2725	LEWIS CENTER	OH
2726	REYNOLDSBURG	OH
3293	CHARDON	OH
3486	ATHENS	OH
4479	PERRYSBURG	OH
4609	CINCINNATI (COLERAI	OH
41	BARTLESVILLE	OK
212	NORMAN	OK
472	BROKEN ARROW	OK
622	OKLAHOMA CITY	OK
1626	OKLAHOMA CITY	OK
2803	EDMOND	OK
2804	OKLAHOMA CITY	OK
4241	STILLWATER	OK
1880	COOS BAY	OR
3258	EUGENE (W)	OR
1644	LEWISBURG	PA
1770	CRANBERRY TNSHIP/EV	PA
2230	STATE COLLEGE	PA
2252	EASTON	PA
2287	NEW CASTLE	PA
2300	PITTSBURGH	PA
2368	EAST STROUDSBURG	PA
5239	BECHTELSVILLE	PA
1964	WESTERLY	RI
640	GREENVILLE	SC
5487	TRAVELERS REST	SC
688	NASHVILLE (S)	TN
2065	KNOXVILLE (W)	TN
2310	KNOXVILLE (E)	TN
2932	KNOXVILLE (SW)	TN
3835	OOLTEWAH	TN
5057	MURFREESBORO	TN
1800	GARLAND	TX
3506	CYPRESS	TX
5235	SANDY	UT
1292	CHRISTIANSBURG	VA
1682	CHESAPEAKE	VA
1726	HARRISONBURG	VA
1759	GLOUCESTER	VA
1833	FREDERICKSBURG	VA
2089	BRISTOL	VA
2136	CULPEPER	VA
2808	MIDLOTHIAN	VA
3216	VIRGINIA BEACH	VA
3219	WILLIAMSBURG	VA
5253	CHESAPEAKE (SW)	VA
1947	OMAK	WA
5272	POULSBO	WA
1571	MUKWONAGO	WI
2958	APPLETON	WI
2986	NEENAH	WI
2083	MORGANTOWN	WV
3215	GRANVILLE	WV