Acquisition expands specialty grocer’s footprint to 43rd state
Whole Foods Market this week entered Wyoming, its 43rd state, with the completion of its acquisition of independent supermarket Jackson Whole Grocer.
The Austin, Texas-based specialty grocery chain said the store, located at 1155 S. Highway 89 in Jackson, Wyo., will remain open during its conversion to the Whole Foods banner. The acquisition was announced last month.
A subsidiary of online retail giant Amazon, Whole Foods said Prime member benefits and curbside pickup won’t be available immediately at the Jackson store but that it’s working to make them available as soon as possible under the banner transition. Prime members who shop at Whole Foods have access to a range of benefits year-round, such as exclusive discounts on selected products and an extra 10% off hundreds of in-store sale items.
Standing on the side of a mountain on the Eason Ranch, way out in Pecos County, I found myself somehow caught up in a time warp as I glanced across the vastness of distant mountains, just as the morning sun began to light them up. The day before, during the middle of the day after the morning hunt for mule deer, John Eason had given my friends Jeff Rice, Larry Weishuhn and I a tour of some of the ancient campsites that were scattered throughout the ranch. The feeling is difficult for me to describe but I felt almost as though the ancients, as Mr. Eason refers to inhabitants of his ranch many years ago, were calling out to me through the years. Iâm sure my buddies were probably experiencing the same feelings.
Jackson Whole Grocer is being purchased by Whole Foods Market
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