Whole Foods Market Tour

I got invited to tour the new Whole Foods in Houston. If you’re from/have visited Houston, this new Whole Foods is a short walk away from the Galleria. It’s in an insane location!! I always feel fancy when I’m in the Galleria area and I always feel fancy when I’m at Whole Foods…so this is like double fancy feeling.

The store was beautiful. I mean, has anyone ever seen an ugly Whole Foods? Yeah no. We started the tour and I was amazed by…the escalators. The perspective of the picture makes it hard to see, but the escalator is flat so you can wheel your grocery cart down to the parking garage level. I was fascinated. Maybe you already have this in your Whole Foods, but I thought it was neat.

Okay, on to the food.

The store will offer cold-pressed juices as well as full-serivce juices and smoothies.

There’s also a taqueria that will make your tacos while you shop. Yay tacos!

This Whole Foods will have the first in-store brewery, Whole Foods Market Brewery Company.

This is a picture of beer brewing things. I was obsessed with those doors. Are those for sale? I want them in my kitchen.

In addition to the brewery pub, there will also be a tricycle that transports beer to shoppers throughout the store.

Another thing that is different about this store is a gift shop within the store.

They’ll sell clothes, accessories, Tom’s sunglasses and everything else you could ever want in a gift shop. It’s great because now you can do your grocery shopping and birthday/graduation/Christmas shopping all in one place.

The upstairs lounge area was neat as well with a lot of space to sit and eat lunch…or drink a beer. The orange chairs are very comfy.

And lastly, I’ve heard a lot about this almond milk called Malk, it’s made here in Houston and is only being sold at this Whole Foods store. I can’t wait to try. If I’ve got my story straight, I believe the Whole Foods’ Forager found them at a local farmers market and now they’re in just one store so they aren’t overwhelmed with production demands…FUN!

The store grand opening is this Thursday, Nov. 6th at 7:30 am with a bread breaking ceremony. For the opening week, Whole Foods will support local organizations by donating 1% of sales on the below dates:

Thursday, Nov. 6 – Star of Hope
Friday, Nov. 7 – Houston Police Foundation
Saturday, Nov. 8 – Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Sunday, Nov. 9 – Recipe for Success
Monday, Nov. 10 – Fresh Arts

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