It would appear Tampa Bay is about to get another Whole Foods.
A new Whole Foods Market location is currently “in development” in the Valrico area, the company recently confirmed to the
.
Whole Foods, which is owned by Amazon, didn’t disclose to the publication exactly when it will open or where. Though plans filed with Hillsborough County last month show a 38,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market opening opening at the Lithia Crossing shopping plaza, where the Fresh Market recently closed, says TBBJ.
The new outpost will be the fifth Whole Foods in the Tampa Bay area, and a first for the east side of Tampa Bay.
If you haven’t noticed, there’s a bit of a grocery store shuffle going on around Tampa Bay at the moment. Last month, permits filed with Hillsborough County showed the South Tampa Winn-Dixie at 2100 W Swann Ave. will soon be turned into
. The conversion follows Aldi’s acquisition of 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores across Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi from Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers.