Report: Whole Foods Market to open six new stores in Chicago

New York -- Whole Foods Market plans to open six new locations in Chicago, four of which will open in May, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.



The new stores will be located in former Dominick’s locations.



“We took the time to design and build a brand new store for each community that would offer not just a full-service grocery, but also a place to meet friends and share each other’s company,” said Michael Bashaw, president of Whole Foods Market’s Midwest Region, in a statement.



The first of the six stores will open in Streeterville on Jan. 28, followed closely by stores in Lincoln Park, the West Loop and Edgewater, according to the report. The grocer will open suburban locations in Evanston, Willowbrook, and Elmhurst, Illinois, later in the year.



In addition, Whole Foods Market expects to open two more Chicago stores — in the Englewood and Hyde Park neighborhoods — by the end of 2016.