Early Wednesday morning, scores of area residents attended the grand opening of the highly anticipated Whole Foods Market, located at the new West Broad Village development. The grocer, who’s self-proclaimed as the world’s leading retailer of natural and organic foods, is the first tenant to open for business at the mixed-use development. A number of community and company representatives spoke to a crowd easily exceeding one hundred around 9:30 AM.
Mike Friedman
Mike Friedman is an active Short Pump citizen who reports on the "south side" of Short Pump and covers issues affecting residents such as West Broad Village by contributing articles to Downtown Short Pump from time to time.
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The company seems very committed not only to residents of West Broad Village and Short Pump, but the Richmond area as a whole. This Saturday, the grocer will donate 5% of the day’s business to the Goochland Farmer’s Market. The ceremony ended with what they call a “bread cutting”, taking the place of a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony, just before opening for business at 9:55 AM.
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