Whole Foods looking to open new store in Valrico

There's a bit of a grocery store shuffle going on around Tampa Bay at the moment.

click to enlarge Renderings for the Midtown Tampa's Whole Foods at 3740 Midtown Dr. - Photo via MidTown
Photo via MidTown
Renderings for the Midtown Tampa's Whole Foods at 3740 Midtown Dr.
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 Tampa Bay Business Journal.

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 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 a new Aldi. 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.

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Colin Wolf

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