Just a year after opening its flagship store in downtown San Francisco, WholeFoods says it's closed the store due to surging crime and rampant drug use in the area and in the store. The new backlash brewing - Tonight at 11 from ABC7 Eyewitness News.
Whole Foods at 8th and Market streets in San Francisco has shuttered temporarily due to safety concerns in the Mid-Market area.An enormous Whole Foods in downtown San Francisco that opened just last year is temporarily closing. The company said concerns about worker safety forced it to shut down.
The store at 8th and Market streets will not open Tuesday, the spokesperson said. The store's website has also disappeared. San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Matt Dorsey said on Twitter that he was "incredibly disappointed" by the closure. Meanwhile, violent crime statistics in San Francisco have remained relatively steady in recent years. Preliminary police data reports 12 homicides in San Francisco this year, an uptick of 20% compared to the same period in the previous year. In total, there were 56 homicides in San Francisco in 2022, which is the same number of homicides the city saw in 2021.
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