San Francisco Whole Foods closes a year after opening due to crime: report

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San Francisco Whole Foods closes a year after opening due to crime: report

By Allie Griffin
April 11, 2023

A recently opened Whole Foods Market in San Francisco closed its doors on Monday over growing crime in the downtown area, according to a report.

The popular grocery store chain shuttered its SF flagship location a little more than a year after it opened, citing worker safety concerns, the San Francisco Standard reported.

“We are closing our Trinity location only for the time being,” a Whole Foods spokesperson told the local outlet in a statement. “If we feel we can ensure the safety of our team members in the store, we will evaluate a reopening of our Trinity location.”

The company said rampant drug use and growing crime led to its decision, a city hall source told the Standard.

The Whole Foods store had already reduced its hours in October last year after experiencing “high theft” and hostile patrons, a store manager said.

A month later, store managers restricted the use of its bathrooms to customers only after syringes and pipes were found in the restrooms, the publication reported.

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[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

That poor community will be underserved. Discrimination! Sue them!

 

[jmdrake]

That poor community will be underserved. Discrimination! Sue them!

Every Wholefoods I've ever known of was in a ritzy neighborhood. All of SF must be going down.

 

[Anti Globalist]

Whole Foods will think twice now before putting any of their grocery stores in those rat infested cities.

 

[Origanalist]

Every Wholefoods I've ever known of was in a ritzy neighborhood. All of SF must be going down.

San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, seems to be a trend.

 

[Anti Federalist]