Whole Foods Market Rings Nasdaq’s Opening Bell to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of New York Flagship Store
15 Julio 2024 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Retailer announces another Manhattan location
for its smaller new store format, Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, in
Hell’s Kitchen
Whole Foods Market CEO Jason Buechel, alongside 70 Team Members,
rang the Nasdaq opening bell today to celebrate the 20th
anniversary of its first New York City flagship store. The 2004
opening of the Columbus Circle flagship store marked a major step
in the company’s expansion in New York and transformed the city's
grocery offerings with high-quality natural and organic foods in
the largest grocery store the city had seen at that time.
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Whole Foods Market CEO Jason Buechel,
alongside 70 Team Members, rang the Nasdaq opening bell today to
celebrate the 20th anniversary of its first New York City flagship
store. (Photo: Business Wire)
Since then, Whole Foods Market has grown in the New York City
area to 17 locations and more than 5,000 local Team Members.
"The opening of the Whole Foods Market Columbus Circle store
was, in my opinion, one of the most important openings in the
history of our company," said Christina Minardi, Executive Vice
President of Growth & Development at Whole Foods Market &
Amazon’s Worldwide Grocery Stores. "It made a huge impact on our
future growth, and the excitement I felt at that opening is very
much what I feel today with our Team Members."
“Today, we're not just reflecting on our impact in New York City
over the past two decades. We’re also looking forward to an
exciting future of continuing growth in a city that has embraced
Whole Foods Market with such enthusiasm,” said Jason Buechel, Whole
Foods Market CEO. “It made perfect sense for us to launch a new
store format right here. Whole Foods Market Daily Shop will
conveniently bring our high-quality natural and organic food to
even more New York City customers.”
The first Whole Foods Market Daily Shop location is set to open
on the Upper East Side at 1175 Third Avenue this fall.
The company also announced today the second future location for
the Whole Foods Market Daily Shop format, at 301 West 50th Street,
in Hell’s Kitchen. An additional New York City location and
national rollout will follow.
Whole Foods Market Daily Shop stores will feature a variety of
fresh, seasonal produce, prepared foods, and essential grocery
items. Both of the newly announced New York City locations will
also feature Juice & Java, a venue providing coffee, tea,
fresh-pressed juices, smoothies, sandwiches, soups, and
desserts.
The innovative, smaller store format will range between 7,000 to
14,000 square feet, or about a quarter to half the footprint of an
average 40,000 square foot store. It is designed to bring the
freshest, high-quality ingredients to customers with a convenience
that fits their fast-paced urban lifestyles. Serving more customers
through this smaller format store is part of Amazon’s Worldwide
Grocery Stores’ efforts to build a best-in-class shopping
experience that meets all of the different customer needs.
Whole Foods Market currently has more than 530 stores in the
U.S., U.K. and Canada with more than 75 stores in development.
About Whole Foods Market
Founded in 1980, Austin-based Whole Foods Market is the world’s
leading natural and organic foods retailer and the first certified
organic national grocer in the United States. Part of Amazon’s
Worldwide Grocery Stores, Whole Foods Market serves customers in
more than 530 stores across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. To learn
more about Whole Foods Market, please visit
https://media.wholefoodsmarket.com/.
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