First Impressions: 365 by Whole Foods Market

It’s going to take some getting used to. That’s one of retail consultant Neil Stern’s first impressions of the new 365 by Whole Foods Market format, which made its national debut on Wednesday, in Los Angeles. The store combines elements of a Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and Sports, Stern said in a report by Forbes.



"I am not going to rush to judgement,” Stern wrote. "There have been very few examples in retail of someone getting it right out of the starting gates. This is a worthy effort from Whole Foods to both expand the customer base and develop a lower cost operating model to drive higher ROI.”



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