Whole Foods Is Shuttering Its Flagship
Store in San Francisco Just a Year After
It Opened
Posted By: Dreadnought, 4/11/2023 12:41:01 AM
Whole Foods opened its 64,000+ square foot “flagship” store in downtown San Francisco in March of 2022. On Monday, the grocery giant announced it was shuttering that location — at least for now. “We are closing our Trinity location only for the time being,” a Whole Foods spokesperson said in a statement. “If we feel we can ensure the safety of our team members in the store, we will evaluate a reopening of our Trinity location.” A City Hall source told The Standard the company cited deteriorating street conditions around drug use and crime near the grocery store as a reason for its closure. The closing is reflective of the struggles
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