This photo comes courtesy of Google streetview in Sept 2016. The Whole Foods at 2584 Baseline Road in Boulder seems very busy, however, the store was permanently closed on April 9. I don't get it - there are lots of former hippies in Boulder. Why couldn't they just have raised prices and laid off a few more workers?
Apparently the store was too small.
The Baseline store was just shy of 17,000 square feet, and was the site of the original Wild Oats market. But such small markets typically don't generate the profits larger stores do, local natural food experts said. "Smaller footprints don't allow you to carry as many items, and therefore customers can't do their full shop there," said Ben Friedland, vice president of marketing for Boulder-based Lucky's Market. "The store ends up becoming a secondary rather than primary destination for shoppers." That matters, he said, particularly in a market as competitive as Boulder, which is home to multiple Lucky's, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Safeways, King Soopers, and a Natural Grocers, Trader Joe's and Alfalfa's. http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-business/ci_30784849/boulder-whole-foods-closing
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