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Sunday, March 1, 2009

New Whole Foods Market scurrying to open in Dallas’ Lakewood district on Monday March 2

By Teresa Gubbins

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DALLAS — After much pomp and circumstance, the Whole Foods Market in the center of Dallas' Lakewood district will open on Monday March 2.

On Friday, the store hosted tours for a slew of neighborhood groups and media people, highlighting features such as the light-responsive controls that automatically turn the lights on and off, the countertops made from recycled bottles, the parking spaces reserved for hybrid cars. Goody bags were handed out containing chocolate bark, praline pecans, lemon soda, Nutella-type chocolate-hazelnut spread, crackers, lip gloss, and more.

Maria at the DMN summarizes the talking points (400 cheeses!), Cathy B. visits the bulk bins, Kim spies on local-food items, Marianna gets nostalgic about Lower Greenville Avenue, and Stacey calls the Whole Foods PR person "perky".

Is that enough media coverage of the new store? Maybe, but Pegasus News has something the others don't: a photo of the high-tech hand-blowers in the rest rooms.

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burlyqueen

burlyqueen Anonymous

About gosh-darn time.

8 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

John Botefuhr Verified

WOOO-HOOO!!!! Now if we can get a Central Market over near Casa Linda. Say... that Scientology Center could use a good wrecking ball..........

8 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Mike Orren

Mike Orren Staff

Made my inaugural visit last night. Liked the layout and selection of meats, cheeses, wines, beers was quite good. Produce seemed better than old store, but maybe that was the locale.

Only negative, which I'd feared from the start: Parking is way insufficient. Going to be a real deterrent to me in shopping there regularly.

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James Scott

James Scott Verified

do you think the insufficient parking was an effect of it just opening and it being 'new', so everyone's going there? I was thinking about going in the next couple days, but I kind of figured it would be busier than usual the first week or so.

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Teresa Gubbins

Teresa Gubbins Staff

i can't speak to the size of the crowds but i can sure speak to the size of the parking spaces themselves: TINY. very narrow

8 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Mike Orren

Mike Orren Staff

The store was certainly busy, but not as crowded as you might have thought. I think parking will always be an issue at prime times. The store is much bigger than the old Minyards, but the lot doesn't appear much larger. Concur with Teresa on the narrow spaces, though.

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TLS Anonymous

Perfect for all of those cute little Smart cars.

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pabloindallas

pabloindallas Anonymous

I visited the store on Tuesday.

I have a "banana barometer." I regularly pay 49 cents/lb for plain ol' bananas.

WF's plain ol' bananas ("conventional" bananas) are 69 cents/lb. That's 41% higher for a simple commodity!

In their prepared foods section, they have some tilapia (repeat, tilapia) that's coated in crumbs and lemon prior to oven-cooking it. Price: $16/lb!!! (repeat, tilapia)

This place is stupid. Just in time for our recession.

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James Scott

James Scott Verified

I agree pablo that some of the staples you can get at other stores for cheaper (even if they aren't as good quality), but after having gone there, there is no other store that has the selection of items they have - period. Things you can't get at any other grocer - at least not without having to go to 2 or 3 different ones.

So, to call it stupid just b/c they don't have rock-bottom banana prices is, well...

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