Though Fred Shank, Whole Foods spokesman, says: “We’re expecting to open the new store on the Upper West Side in Spring 2009,” could the current financial meltdown delay the store’s opening?
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I found your site about Upper West Side: Will the Economy Dash Hopes for a Spring 2009 Opening for Whole Foods at Columbus and 98th? quite different than ones that I found before. Do you have any more? Thanks
Hi Jim,
No, I don’t have any more information. Whole Foods said Spring 2009, but even before the financial meltdown occurred in September, the chain’s revenue was down. Given the economic slowdown, it wouldn’t surprise me if they decided to push the date back. I’ll get back to them in a month or so and check again.
Please convey to them the important need for this store! Let them know that no supermarkets in a 20 block radius have edible food and that hundreds of residents are eagerly awaiting this opening!!
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