In the past 10 days, Boulder-based Sunflower Farmers Market has endured two distinct and dramatic shocks that have rocked the foundation of the natural-foods grocer.
The burgeoning chain swiftly executed a management change after its founder and CEO was arrested in a Phoenix child prostitution sting.
Days later, the homegrown grocer that built itself on the premise of "serious food . . . silly prices" played witness to a merger that effectively doubled the size of a competitor.
"It's, of course, been an interesting week," said Chris Sherrell, who was named Sunflower's acting CEO on Feb. 12, two days after the arrest of Michael Gilliland. "But we have a good, strong head on it."
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