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Originally Posted by colemonkee
^ That's kind of a bummer on the Whole Foods store, though I'm tickled pink that it's coming. While 38,000 ft. might be the "typical" Whole Foods store size, it's not indicative of some of the larger stores they built recently (and the ones I frequent most often, as they have the largest selection and fewest cart collisions). The one in Pasadena is 77,000 square feet, and the one in El Segundo could shelter a small town.
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the problem with the WF in pasadena is that it's on 2 floors, so it's kind of a nuisance to meander from one level to the other. it also creates lots of pockets of overly quiet space....where customers tend not to browse around....which may be more risky for a store in dt. DT still doesn't have the huge nearby population that a store in the San Gabriel valley can take advantage of. But I do recall worrying that before the new ralphs on 9th st opened, that it might end up hurting for customers unless lots of ppl from nearby Mcarthur park & Boyle Heights dropped by.
if the new WF in dtla is half the size of the one on arroyo seco, that means it would be like only one floor of the pasadena store....which otoh does seem kind of small. but a cozier layout may serve dt better than something larger & more in need of attracting large crowds.
It will be interesting to see how the exiting ralphs is affected....or not...by the opening of other nearby grocery stores. One good thing for shoppers in dt is that greater competition probably will cause each store to be more price sensitive....& I'm looking at you, Whole foods, since their nickname is "whole paycheck".
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