Whole Foods to finally open in Newtown Square, PA

Long after the Whole Foods building was constructed at Ellis Preserve in Newtown Square, PA, it was announced that the store would open in January. Steve Spaeder, from Ellis Preserve developer Equus Capital Partners, said Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods delayed the opening by a year and a half.

Whole Foods to open soon in Exton

West Whiteland Township Manager Mimi Gleason said Whole Foods is on schedule to open at PREIT's Exton Square Mall in January. Although Whole Foods has not confirmed an opening date, company representatives appeared at a late October Board of Supervisors meeting and received approval for the transfer of a liquor license.

In addition, Whole Foods spokesperson Rachel Dean Wilson said they are now looking for about "150 passionate, food-focused individuals to fill positions across departments ranging from cashier to meat cutter to cake decorator."

The store, which has been built on the site of a former Kmart facing Route 100, will have a full bar for those sitting at the pub or the rooftop terrace, according to Gleason.

A Whole Foods store has also been constructed in the Ellis Preserve development in Newtown Square, PA, but no opening date has been announced.

Bottom Dollar, Giant opening stores; Weis to close a store

New Bottom Dollar stores opened today in Ambler, PA and in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. These stores represent the 42nd and 43rd stores in the Greater Philadelphia Market. Bottom Dollar now operates 62 stores in PA, NJ and OH. The discount grocery chain, a subsidiary of Delhaize, is still not profitable.

Giant Food is scheduled to open on November 6 in a former Genuardi's location in Edgemont Square Shopping Center, Newtown Square, PA. The store, which has been vacant since 2010, is 43,000 SF. Giant, a division of Ahold, has about 200 stores in PA, MD, VA and WV.

Weis Markets announced last week that it will close its Pottstown supermarket in the next couple weeks due to "continuing under-performance." The 45,228 square foot store opened in 1995 and is in the same shopping center as Walmart. A new Giant opened in the last couple years less than a mile away. Despite the closure, Weis seems to be opening and renovating several stores.