Jungle Jim’s International Market, Inc.

Dierbergs, Jungle Jim’s, Food Lion, Misfits Market, Tops now carry company’s local salad greens

Six years ago, I began researching a book I planned to write about the best, most successful independent retailers in America. As I traveled around the country visiting stores, I asked shoppers and other retailers which stores they thought were the best. As you can imagine, I heard about a lot of stores. But three food stores more than any others repeatedly got the highest praise. They were Jungle Jim’s International Market in Fairfield, Ohio; A Southern Season in Chapel Hill, N.C.; and Zabar’s in New York.