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Whole Foods Market near Union Station is nearly ready to open, Nov. 13, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Whole Foods Market Union Station opens Wednesday with live music, giveaways

Whole Foods is scheduled to open 9 a.m. Wednesday at 1701 Wewatta St.

Whole Foods Market, 11th Avenue. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Whole Foods Market in Capitol Hill to close Nov. 12

The Cap Hill store is expected to close 5 p.m. Nov. 12 ahead of the new location near 17th and Wewatta streets opening Nov. 15.

A forthcoming Whole Foods Market location on Wewatta Street near Union Station, Oct. 10, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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New Whole Foods in downtown Denver opening date set for Nov. 15

The Whole Foods opening in downtown Denver. spells the end, at least temporarily, for the grocer's location in Capitol Hill.

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Whole Foods Market on Wewatta Street, Oct. 10, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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First Look: New Whole Foods opening in downtown Denver in November

Whole Foods Market hopes to wrap up work on its new downtown Denver store in time for customers to shop for Thanksgiving dinner.

Colorado-based Lucky’s Market selling CBD products

Lucky's apothecary director Sindy Wise acknowledged the move was risky but said the company consulted with lawyers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

A man holds a "store closing sign" for the Safeway in Cherry Creek. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Landlord keeps mum on what will replace Cherry Creek Safeway

Where Safeway is located is one of the most expensive and least vacant areas when it comes to retail space.

Biju’s Little Curry Shop ends its six-month experiment at Whole Foods, readies its move to the hot bar

Biju's Little Curry Shop is getting ready to leave the Whole Foods Market stores in south Denver and Boulder, making way for the next restaurant.

Luxury apartment complex Union Denver anchored by Whole Foods Market. (Courtesy of Holland Partner Group)

New downtown Whole Foods slated to open in November with 2nd Birdcall location

The store in Capitol Hill is planned to close shortly before the supermarket opens within Union Denver apartment complex.

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Denver set to get first Lucky’s Market grocery store with $45 million Lowry project

Residents in east Denver could soon be able to grocery shop in Boulder style with the planned addition of Lucky's Market in Lowry.

The future site of Natural Grocers on Brighton Boulevard in RiNo, April 19, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Natural Grocers plans to start alcohol sales this month at new RiNo store

Natural Grocers plans enter the booze business for the first time this month with the opening of its new supermarket in RiNo.

A rendering of the Central Park Station project planned for Stapleton. (Courtesy of Newmark Knight Frank)

Sprouts grocery to anchor 4-million-square-foot development near Stapleton’s Central Park Station

Sprouts Farmers Market will anchor a 4 million-square-foot mixed-use project near Central Park Station, developers announced Wednesday.

The 7-Eleven near the National Western Complex, Elyria Swansea, June 14, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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7-Eleven is one of the only options for groceries in Elyria-Swansea and it’s about to close

One of the last options for getting groceries in Elyria-Swansea is a gas station, and it's about to check out of the neighborhood, according to The Office of the National Western Center.

A cashier for the Kroger Co. checks out a customer. (Courtesy of Kroger Co.)

The Stapleton King Soopers opened today

The new King Soopers in northeast Denver officially opened Wednesday morning near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Havana Street.

Casondra Webb-Cole, program manager at Share Our Strength's Cooking Matters at the kick off of Double Up Food Bucks, June 14, 2017. (Courtesy of LiveWell Colorado)

LiveWell Colorado kicks off program to help food stamp recipients get cheaper fruits and veggies

The Double Up Food Bucks, or DUFB, program led by LiveWell Colorado gives food stamps recipients $20 worth of free locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables each time they use their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits at participating farmers markets and grocers.

Nathan Hanna waters plants inside the GrowHaus in Elyria Swansea. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Denver tries new tactic to bring healthy food to Globeville and Elyria-Swansea

Denver is kicking in $100,000 as part of its latest effort to address food insecurity in Globeville, Elyria-Swansea, Montbello, Westwood and other areas where access to groceries is limited.

Stapleton King Soopers getting closer to opening — they’re hiring

King Soopers is opening the store at 2953 Havana St., just outside of food deserts in Aurora and about a mile and half from Denver's Montbello neighborhood.

Why Denver’s $3 million might not be enough to get grocery stores in underserved neighborhoods

Denver set $3 million aside to get grocery stores in Globeville-Eyria-Swansea, Westwood and Montbello, but so far no supermarkets have announced plans to enter the food deserts.