NY Daily News: Harlem’s revitalization continues with Whole Foods Market, slated to arrive at W. 125th St. and Lenox Ave. in 2015

Whole Foods Market is coming to Harlem, promising to improve the quality of food shopping options while ratcheting up the level competition in the competitive retail grocery sector.

The popular grocery store chain, known for its all-natural and organic products, plans to bring a new location to a vacant lot on the corner of W. 125th St. and Lenox Ave., the company announced this week.

“It’s long been a focus of Whole Foods Market to work with the Harlem community,” said Christina Minardi, the company’s regional president, in a statement released on Tuesday.

“With so many Harlem residents shopping with us at our other New York City locations, we’re so pleased to bring our natural and organic grocery concept to an area of the city we’ve been looking forward to joining for quite some time,” she said.

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