Whole Foods to Open in Bedford

Whole Foods Market in Cambridge, Mass. announced that it will open a Bedford market. The store will be a 40,000 square feet store and employ approximately 150 full and part-time workers when it is expected to open in late 2015.
 
“We have been eager to respond to strong demand for stores in central Massachusetts and New Hampshire for a long time,” said Laura Derba, Whole Foods Market’s regional president.
 
Whole Foods Market currently has 35 operational stores in the North Atlantic region, with an additional five in development. Whole Foods Market will open its first NH location, in Nashua, on August 19. 
 
Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (www.wholefoodsmarket.com, NASDAQ: WFM), is a natural and organic food retailer. As America’s first national certified organic grocer, Whole Foods Market was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” by Health magazine. The company's motto is “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet." In fiscal year 2013, the company had sales of $12.9 billion and currently has more than 380 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.