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Whole Foods is opening in a certain bankrupt Michigan city, so a WF isn't that far off the mark.
If you're referring to Detroit, I didn't see one in the "coming soon" section on the Whole Foods website.
My bad, meant to say "recently opened".
How Can We Get Whole Foods To Come To BCS?
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My bad, meant to say "recently opened".
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They also need a demographic that considers it "too far" to drive to Village Foods
Assuming WH would ever come here (and I assume they won't), competing with Village Foods would be the least of their concerns. Village Foods and Brazos Natural Foods (two stores I patronize) are spit-in-the-ocean compared to what WH tends to stock in volume and diversity.
But they are not coming here, so its all rather moot.
what's WH?
Guess I should edit it to WF, but...laziness and all.
When I was in the military I shopped at whole foods sometimes in Louisville. Wasn't anymore expensive for produce than anywhere else when comparing apples to apples. It wouldn't be for everybody though. They are big supporters of local farmers so I prefer them over other grocery giants. I like HEB too though so I'm pretty happy here.
Thank's y'all! I really enjoyed reading all the responses.
AT its price point, B-CS will need about 40,000 to 50,000 non-students with above average incomes to move into the area before Whole Foods would come here. And because of the geographic spread for its target shoppers, it would be difficult to pick an area for the location of the store.
For those wishing that certain higher end businesses locate here, I urge them to get some U.S. Census Bureau reports and really look into the areas with sufficient income to support the businesses they desire. Our demographics are not very pretty for many types of businesses. We really look like a city of about 50,000 to businesses who look long and hard at incomes and spending patterns.
For those wishing that certain higher end businesses locate here, I urge them to get some U.S. Census Bureau reports and really look into the areas with sufficient income to support the businesses they desire. Our demographics are not very pretty for many types of businesses. We really look like a city of about 50,000 to businesses who look long and hard at incomes and spending patterns.
Excellent points, BryanPooch. There's a Catch 22 at work as well; many high income professionals that make such stores (and others) viable won't relocate here because they view the area (incorrectly IMO) as a "Winn Dixie/Golden Corrall" kind of place. This seems likely to continue for some time.
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For those wishing that certain higher end businesses locate here, I urge them to get some U.S. Census Bureau reports and really look into the areas with sufficient income to support the businesses they desire. Our demographics are not very pretty for many types of businesses. We really look like a city of about 50,000 to businesses who look long and hard at incomes and spending patterns.
Maybe I'm wrong about this, but this makes me wonder: the Census reports you refer to here are really *income* (not spending) reports. We in BCS have about 50,000 Aggies who don't make a ton of income but who spend a lot of money (sometimes mom's money). And so if a business decides to not come here because we have incomes skewed down, they may fail to appreciate that our community spends a lot of (mom's) money.