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Featured Team Members
Dianne Dickson
Store Team Leader
Dianne Dickson has been with Whole Foods Market for 10 1/2 years. She came to Whole Foods Market in search of a company whose integrity she could respect and found a home with a company whose core values and mission she can feel good about. She takes pride in Whole Foods Market's quality standards and exceptional service as well as its commitment to team member happiness and excellence.
Jewel Gregson
Marketing Team Leader
Jewel has been with Whole Foods Market for the past 7 years. She came to Whole Foods Market with a passion for healthy living and great tasting food. She also enjoys working directly with the community. "I can’t wait for people who have never been to a Whole Foods Market to shop our store, not only are our products amazing but we do so much to impact change and help organizations in our neighborhood — we are truly so much more than a grocery store!"
Joe Imbeault
Meat Team Leader
Joe has been with Whole Foods Market for 14 years, all in the meat department! Joe has traveled around to many other Whole Foods Markets, and is committed to providing the best quality meats available, and the best possible service. Coming from the University Store, Joe is looking forward to having a much larger display area that will enable him to offer more oven ready, organic, and grass fed beef.
Alisa Lee
Customer Service Team Leader
Alisa has been with Whole Foods Market for almost 10 years. When you think of Customer Service, a picture of Alisa pops up! Alisa is totally committed to the Core Value of Satisfying and Delighting our Customers. She takes pride in making every shopping experience a fun and relaxing one! A mom to one year old Daisy, Alisa brings all her energy and passion into building a really strong customer service team!
Arjan Khalsa
Whole Body Team Leader
Arjan has been working for Whole Foods Market in New England for the past 9 years. She is passionate about the Whole Body Department and is excited to bring that knowledge to the Cranston Store. She has studied extensively alternative medicine, healing and healthy living. Arjan’s enthusiasm, combined with her artistic nature and business sense will make for a department that will wow our customers with all that is cutting edge in the field of supplements and body care.
Jay Portante
Seafood Team Leader
Jay joined the Whole Foods Market, Garden City team in May. He comes to the store with over 10 years of experience and a passion for high quality and local seafood. Jay is specifically excited about the variety of local shellfish we offer in our store. Jay can often times be seen sharing a tasty tidbit of something from the seafood department--a huge advocate of in-store theatre, be sure to visit Jay the next time he is sampling some of our sparkling seafood!
Amy Alli
Administrative Team Leader
Amy has been with Whole Foods Market for almost 7 years. Amy says "At Whole Foods Market, we are one crazy family!" Everyone works together and has a great time, even under pressure! Amy’s greatest strength is her sense of humor, but not her singing — which she does all day! Amy takes pride in her work, and in hiring the greatest store opening team for Cranston.
Ryan Stankiewicz
Produce Team Leader
Ryan has been with Whole Foods Market for over two years. Ryan has spent his entire career in produce because of his love for all aspects of it, from the local farmers, to building beautiful displays. He is very excited about building a team that shares his vision for local farms, and brings the freshest produce available to Cranston!
Dan Soucy
Prepared Foods Team Leader
Although Dan has been with Whole Foods Market 2 1/2 years, he has been in the restaurant business for over 12 years. Dan is a "foodie" in every sense of the word, and prides himself on creating mouth watering dishes for all pallets. Dan is most excited about being able to offer an amazing array of food from pizza to ethnic specialties.
Store Calendar
Saturday, December 5th
Introduction to Eating Gluten-Free!
10am-11am free-registration is necessary | Details
Join the president of the American Celiac Support Group, Linda Monahan and learn the basics of eating a gluten free diet. Were you recently diagnosed with celiac disease and are looking for help? Call 942-7660 and reserve your spot in this free class! Sample gluten free foods and learn tips and tricks for shopping and eating gluten free foods. Space is limited-please reserver your spot early! After the talk, visit Diana in the Bakery Department and try some of our gluten free items!
December 6th
Retail Therapy!!
11am-2pm free | Details
Take a break from your holiday shopping and join Liz to try some of her favorites for the holiday season.
December 7th
Blood Drive for the Rhode Island Blood Center
Today we're hosting the Rhode Island Blood Center for a blood drive. They will be in our parking lot with their mobile van. To make an appointment online, go to www.ribc.org or call 800-283-8385.
For every blood donation today, Whole Foods Market will donate a bag of food to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank in the donor's name!
