Six Whole Foods locations are closing across the U.S.
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CBS News found that a beloved Whole Foods location in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago plans to shut down, raising tensions among shoppers in an area that was once classified as a “food desert.” Another Chicago Whole Foods in the DePaul University Welcome Center in Lincoln Park will also be closing. While the city does have more Whole Foods locations than others, losing these two is making some residents unhappy. NBC Chicago interviewed Englewood shoppers, and their feelings about the closures can be summed up with one person’s statement: “We get something positive and something nurturing into the community and for some reason, it leaves.”
A spokesperson for Whole Foods defended the company’s decisions, saying that the chain keeps an eye on how stores perform, and, as a result, the company plans to shutter a total of six underperforming stores nationwide. WKRG reports that along with its Chicago locations, the chain plans to close two of its grocery stores in Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama, alongside others in Tarzana, California, and Brookline, Maine. The news has rippled through communities across the country, leaving consumers in the affected areas upset.
Whole Foods Is Closing Multiple Stores And Shoppers Are Upset
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By Erich Barganier/Updated: May 3, 2022 5:07 pm EST
It’s these for these reasons that, for a while, Whole Foods took America by storm. According to the grocery chain’s website, the company moved beyond its humble beginnings in Texas by expanding to New Orleans in 1988 and then to the West Coast in 1989. By 2001, the chain found itself in business across the country, having picked up some serious attention from its Manhattan location. Fortune reports that the store’s spread coincides with its market ranking, which has rapidly ascended since 2004.
Six Whole Foods locations are closing across the U.S.
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CBS News found that a beloved Whole Foods location in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago plans to shut down, raising tensions among shoppers in an area that was once classified as a “food desert.” Another Chicago Whole Foods in the DePaul University Welcome Center in Lincoln Park will also be closing. While the city does have more Whole Foods locations than others, losing these two is making some residents unhappy. NBC Chicago interviewed Englewood shoppers, and their feelings about the closures can be summed up with one person’s statement: “We get something positive and something nurturing into the community and for some reason, it leaves.”
A spokesperson for Whole Foods defended the company’s decisions, saying that the chain keeps an eye on how stores perform, and, as a result, the company plans to shutter a total of six underperforming stores nationwide. WKRG reports that along with its Chicago locations, the chain plans to close two of its grocery stores in Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama, alongside others in Tarzana, California, and Brookline, Maine. The news has rippled through communities across the country, leaving consumers in the affected areas upset.
A spokesperson for Whole Foods defended the company’s decisions, saying that the chain keeps an eye on how stores perform, and, as a result, the company plans to shutter a total of six underperforming stores nationwide. WKRG reports that along with its Chicago locations, the chain plans to close two of its grocery stores in Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama, alongside others in Tarzana, California, and Brookline, Maine. The news has rippled through communities across the country, leaving consumers in the affected areas upset.
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