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Lake Merritt Farmers Market - Does Whole Foods Hurt It?

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Since the new Whole Foods opened on 27th and Harrison, it seemed to me that there were fewer people at the Lake Merritt Farmers Market. On Saturday, I decided to take camera in hand and ask the vendors for their views.

What I learned is that overall vendors feel it's too early to tell, but off camera two people said "Yes." But two others, also off camera, said it may be a seasonal development. One other person said that the Whole Foods was too far away to have an impact on the Farmers Market.
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Becks said…
Though I don't shop at the Lake Merritt market often, I'm guessing that any loss of customers is due to the season. The crowd at the Temescal market has thinned out quite a bit over the past few weeks.

I guess apples, persimmons, chard, and carrots are just not as exciting to some shoppers as watermelon, peaches, plums, corn, and tomatoes.
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polacrawford said…
whole foods is too expensive to affect the public market
8:48 AM
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