Sprouts to open Port Charlotte store in January

Sprouts Farmers Market will open a new store in Port Charlotte early next year.

The store will be inside the Murdock Carousel shopping center at 2000 Tamiami Trail. The Phoenix-based grocer says the plan is for it to open to customers at 7 a.m. Jan. 12.

To get ready, Sprouts is holding a job fair Nov. 29 and 30 in North Port at the Hampton Inn & Suites at 5664 Tuscola Blvd. The company is looking to fill 83 jobs it needs to operate the new store and the available positions range from cashiers and courtesy clerks to department managers and assistant department managers.