Whole Foods will close two of its 12 Chicago area stores, including a location Englewood, a poor South Side neighborhood considered a food desert, a spokesperson for the specialty grocer confirmed Friday.
The Englewood location, at 832 W 63rd St., which opened six years ago, will close in the coming months. A separate Whole Foods location in the DePaul University Welcome Center on the city's North Side is expected to close by May 6. Whole Foods would not disclose how many employees work at the two stores.
Four other Whole Foods stores located in Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama; Tarzana, California; and Bookline, Massachusetts, will also close, the spokesperson said. Whole Foods has more than 530 locations nationwide.
