New Whole Foods To Open In McCandless

 

Whole Foods will move into Wexford Plaza in McCandless about a year from now, marking the nation's largest natural-goods grocer's second location in the Pittsburgh region.  The chain's first store opened in 2002 along Centre Avenue in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh.  Whole Foods has more than 300 stores in the United States and United Kingdom.

The McCandless location will be within a few miles of a half-dozen grocery stores, including an 88,000 square-foot Giant Eagle in The Village of Pine shopping center that opened last year. But spokesmen for the company say they aren't worried because the Whole Foods demographic is very defined: A more upscale, younger market, better educated, more sophisticated consumer.

McCandless residents hope the store will provide a boost to Wexford Plaza, which now includes about 25 retail spaces, including Levin Furniture, Starbucks and a dry cleaners bur also has about a half-dozen vacant stores.  Businesses already are inquiring about the vacant stores and Wexford Plaza execs are hoping they will soon have the pick of who they want to move in.

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