jay said...

> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:09:39 GMT, Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> Yes! It is easy to pick fault with most anything including a winner. It
is
> a beautiful store with high quality goods and prices to match. Mackey is
a
> home grown hippy that in a relatively short period of time has steered
the
> Whole Foods organization into the winners circle. If I could $$$ I would
> shop there.. 85,000 square feet of goodies.
>
> jay


The article did imply that there's already a shortage of beef, salad
vegetables, etc., grown in the UK.

Anything imported to fill any gaps will be expensive. Much as it is now,
I'm guessing.

It's not going to hurt Whole Foods to test the waters in England by opening
a store there. Maybe just a scaled down offering of goods compared to the
U.S. stores, rendering it somewhat plain with the attractive facade and the
highest prices the UK market will bear.

Imho,

Andy

On Mar 28, 4:01?pm, Andy wrote:

> It's not going to hurt Whole Foods to test the
> waters in England by opening a store there. Maybe just a
> scaled down offering of goods compared to the
> U.S. stores, rendering it somewhat plain with the attractive
> facade and the
> highest prices the UK market will bear.

The article said:

"At more than 80,000 sq ft, it will be the largest food store in
the city centre" Hardly scaled down.

KevinS said...

> On Mar 28, 4:01?pm, Andy wrote:
>
>> It's not going to hurt Whole Foods to test the
>> waters in England by opening a store there. Maybe just a
>> scaled down offering of goods compared to the
>> U.S. stores, rendering it somewhat plain with the attractive
>> facade and the
>> highest prices the UK market will bear.
>
> The article said:
>
> "At more than 80,000 sq ft, it will be the largest food store in
> the city centre" Hardly scaled down.


That 80,000 sq. ft. includes parking? How many floors?

The Whole Foods nearby, in Devon, PA is *maybe* 20,000 sq. ft. and "maybe"
60 parking spaces.

It's so cramped in some aisles, it's practically single-file shopping.

It's still an experience. Women get all dolled up to go shopping there!
Gotta love it!!!

Andy

On Mar 28, 2007?pm, Andy wrote:

> That 80,000 sq. ft. includes parking? How many floors?

It's a converted department store in Kensington. No separate parking
lot. Don't know how many floors. WF is putting in an 86,400 sf store
in south San Jose (CA). For the time being, it will be their biggest
store.