![]() ![]() “I want to express my deep gratitude and love for our truly awesome team members, loyal customers, vendor friends, landlords, investors and everyone who has helped us along the way. We are thankful for the opportunity to have been in service to our community.” We definitely gave it our all and fought the good fight. Combine that with supply chain and staffing shortages and razor-thin grocery margins, we just couldn’t overcome all the obstacles. “We experienced nine straight quarters of increases to our cost of goods, packaging, fuel, insurance, taxes, freight charges and well, pretty much everything. “We have been holding on by a thread since the pandemic started and have been in austerity mode since then,” said Lisa Sedlar, Green Zebra Founder and CEO. In addition Green Zebra supported its staff with fair wage jobs, increasing its internal minimum wage seven times in its 10-year history and offering affordable health insurance for all staff and their dependents. Instead of selling cigarettes, lottery tickets and jumbo-sized sugary drinks like most convenience stores, Green Zebra offered customers made-from-scratch grab-and-go meals, a full service coffee bar, kombucha Zlurpees, locally sourced meat, produce and groceries along with a local beer selection in Oregon. Since being founded in 2013, Green Zebra has sought to redefine what it means to be a convenience store in America. All three Green Zebra stores will close on March 31. Portland-based Green Zebra announced that it is winding down operations after 10 years in business. ![]()
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