Whole Foods Plans Three New Stores

Whole Foods Market (Austin, Texas) announced it will open three new stores in Cherry Hill, N.J., Redmond, Va. and Indianapolis.

According to The Produce News, the 45,000-square-foot Cherry Hill store will feature the grocer's first “Hatchery” — a pop-up entrepreneurial space within the store where local suppliers, chefs, craftspeople and innovators have the opportunity to sell directly to Whole Foods Market customers. A different artisan will be featured each day of the store’s opening week, starting June 18.

The new 40,000-square-foot downtown Indianapolis store, scheduled to open in 2017, will become the third Whole Foods Market in the Indianapolis area.

The approximately 40,000-square-foot Richmond store will be located near the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. No target opening date has been set.