Tag Archives: rockville

Better > Bigger

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Scott

Our central offices are located above our Rockville store. This is deliberate. I never want the leadership of MOM’s to be removed from the day-to-day store operations. If our Rockville store has an issue, than it’s likely that the other … Continue reading →

Posted in business, MOM's Organic Market | Tagged company growth, grocery store, growth, Home Depot, Maryland, MOM's Organic Market, organic food, organic market, rockville, Virginia | 6 Comments

A Family Affair

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Scott

As we come up on our 25th year anniversary (first sale was made July 2nd, 1987), I have been doing quite a bit of reflecting. I think of how my family has cheered me on and supported my efforts all … Continue reading →

Posted in business, MOM's Organic Market, personal | Tagged family, garage, MOM's Organic Market, past, rockville, starting | 32 Comments

It’s Better To Be Lucky Than Good!

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Scott

I think we all have moments that we think if never happened, our lives would be completely different. Regarding MOM’s, all I seem to be able to remember are “good luck moments”, events that if they had not occurred, it … Continue reading →

Posted in business, MOM's Organic Market, personal | Tagged friends, gratitude, help, MOM's Organic Market, rockville, starting, thankful | 2 Comments

Can You Spare Some Change?

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Scott

When I was a teen, I remember driving with my dad past a shopping center that was being renovated on Powder Mill Rd. in Beltsville. The old pizza place had changed ownership and the center had a different mix of tenants. I … Continue reading →

Posted in business, MOM's Organic Market, personal | Tagged Beltsville, change, College Park, grocery store, MOM's Organic Market, rockville, Seth Godin | 5 Comments

A chicken’s version of soylent green.

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Scott

I noticed this sign up the street from our Rockville store. I think it’s odd. A chicken serving chicken (giving the big “thumbs up”, no less). Even more odd than the Chick-fil-A ads of cows urging us all to eat … Continue reading →

Posted in food, Living | Tagged Chick-fil-A, Food system, rockville | 3 Comments

Sam and Ralph

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Scott

Whole Foods was essentially our first major competitor when in 1990, Fresh Fields (soon to be purchased by WF) opened a mile up the street from our tiny retail outlet in Rockville. People frequently ask me how we’ve been able … Continue reading →

Posted in MOM's Organic Market, organic foods | Tagged conventional grocers, Fresh Fields, Giant, organic, produce, rockville, Safeway, Whole Foods | 6 Comments