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Newark’s 1st Whole Foods Opens For Business
Many Newark residents and officials have labeled the store as a symbol of growth and hope in the city's downtown area.
NEWARK, NJ — Newark’s first Whole Foods supermarket is officially open for business.
The much-anticipated store – which many local residents and officials have called a symbol of growth and hope in the city’s downtown area – opened its doors Wednesday with a “bread breaking” ceremony at its new location at 633 Broad Street in the newly reborn Hahne Building.
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, several Whole Foods Market staff members and representatives from the Whole Cities Foundation were on hand for Wednesday’s celebration.
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During the ceremony, the Whole Cities Foundation announced the recipients of 11, Newark-based “Fresh, Healthy Food Access” grants that will “strengthen the local food system and support community self-sufficiency and determination.”
In December, Whole Foods stated that it expected the new store to create 110 jobs.
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The Newark store marks Whole Foods Market’s third location in Essex County and 17th overall in New Jersey, according to a company news release.
Newark @WholeFoods is now officially open for business! #WeAreNewark pic.twitter.com/YuYiolSv4T
— City of Newark (@CityofNewarkNJ) March 1, 2017
See you bright and early tomorrow, #NEWARK! Our doors officially open at 9 am...we're so excited to join this wonderful community! #WholeFoodsMarket #NewarkNJ
A post shared by Whole Foods Essex County (@wholefoodsessexnj) on Feb 28, 2017 at 5:36pm PST
The @hotbreadkitchen bread has been broken and our #NEWARK store is officially OPEN! We are so thrilled to be joining this community and creating over 140 jobs for the people of #NewarkNJ! AND thanks to our partnership with @wholecitiesfoundation we are donating $140,000 to 11 community grant partners...check out our #InstagramStory for more details! #WholeFoodsMarket
A post shared by Whole Foods Essex County (@wholefoodsessexnj) on Mar 1, 2017 at 6:06am PST
Photo: City of Newark, Twitter
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