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Whole Foods Market, a nationwide natural and organic food retailer, has announced plans to open a 45,000-square-foot location in Fort Myers. The store is scheduled to open in late 2017 at the intersection of Daniels Parkway and Ben C. Pratt/6 Mile Cypress Highway, the company said, adding that it will bring 300 jobs. USING OUR APP? WATCH VIDEO HERE.
Whole Foods Market was founded in Austin, Texas, when four local businesspeople decided the natural foods industry was ready for a supermarket format. Our founders were John Mackey and Renee Lawson Hardy, owners of Safer Way Natural Foods, and Craig Weller and Mark Skiles, owners of Clarksville Natural Grocery. The original Whole Foods Market opened in 1980 with a staff of only 19 people. It was an immediate success.