Buy Your Oats While You Can
Apr 2, 2008 St. Louis, groceries, missouri
Well the final day is near and today Wild Oats began clearing the store out at 35% off. Things are flying off the shelves fast and I don’t think they’ll make it more than a couple days with much remaining. There’s still quite a bit of good stuff though if you move quick.
Hits would include lots of chocolate, cheese, yogurts, and Raincoast Crisps (which are like the heroin of crackers). The bulk food section still has a ton of stuff as well, and there are also big pieces of deli meat and blocks of deli cheese for those of you looking to throw a big bash, or maybe industry people needing to make tea sandwiches for a party or something.
All of the workers I spoke to planned to go and train at Whole Foods Brentwood for the next two months before moving out to the new store at the corner of Clayton and Woods Mill. Several told me they literally lived within walking distance of the current store so I can only imagine how annoying that will become for them as they trek to the new store.
If there was ever a group of people who could take it in stride though, it’s the Wild Oats employees. Stand them next to the Whole Foods employees and I’d pick them every time because they were easily the kindest grocery store in the area, and I hope their vibe remains intact in West County.
Tags: Raincoast Crisps, Whole Foods, wild oats
Wild Oats Closing Date Set
Feb 24, 2008 groceries
Gail Appleson has the scoop over on the STLtoday Business Ticker blog.
The Wild Oats store at 8823 Ladue Road is closing April 13 and the approximate 75 employees have been offered jobs either at the Whole Foods store 1601 S. Brentwood Boulevard or the Town and Country store under construction.
Does anyone know what’s happening to the Wild Oats employees in the interim between Wild Oats closing and the new Whole Foods opening?
I drove by it the other day, and it didn’t look particularly close to being done.
Tags: Whole Foods, wild oats
