Whole Foods Market will open a new 42,000-square-foot store Nov. 5 in the Marketplace at Heritage Harbour at 7295 State Road 64 East in Bradenton, Florida — the retailer’s first store in Manatee County and its 40th in the state.
The store opens at 8 a.m. on opening day, with regular hours of 8 a.m.-9 p.m. daily. Its assortment features more than 450 local items from more than 115 Florida-based suppliers, sourced with the help of Dustin Kennedy, the retailer’s forager for local and emerging brands.
Local offerings throughout the store include lion’s mane mushrooms from Lion Farms, salsa from Sunset Salsa, juice from 305 Squeezed, littleneck clams from Cedar Key Seafarms, smoked fish dips from Key West Smoked Fish Co., beef from Adams Ranch Natural Beef, hand-pulled mozzarella from Mozzarita, chocolates from Norman Love Confections and craft beers from Green Bench, Tampa Bay and Coppertail brewing companies…