Family farm market grows into four-store operation with hundreds of employees, plans for more growth

Behind the success of Detwiler’s Farm Market? An intense focus on the customer.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:00 a.m. February 22, 2019
Lori Sax. Henry and Natalie Detwiler, owners and founders of Detwiler’s Farm Market, have grown the company from a roadside stand to a four-store, 445-employee fresh food empire.
Lori Sax. Henry and Natalie Detwiler, owners and founders of Detwiler’s Farm Market, have grown the company from a roadside stand to a four-store, 445-employee fresh food empire.
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When Henry and Natalie Detwiler ran a produce stand at Fruitville Grove in Sarasota, their kids helped after school and on weekends.

 

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