Sprouts Farmers Market, which operates over 150 natural and organic grocery stores in eight southwestern states, filed on Thursday with the SEC to raise up to $300 million in an initial public offering.
The Phoenix, AZ-based company, which was founded in 2002 and booked $1.8 billion in sales for the 12 months ended 12/30/2012, plans to list on the NASDAQ under the symbol SFM. Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and BofA Merrill Lynch are the joint bookrunners on the deal. No pricing terms were disclosed.
