I've loved Whole Foods Market since going to their *original* store while in college! At that time, "hummus" was considered an exotic food ;-)
Whole Foods is great, It is even better since August of 2017 when they merged with Amazon, and I get discounts there now
Full disclosure: I work for Whole Foods! Pretty sweet discounts, huh?! They've of course grown well outside of Austin -- including overseas.
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. It is the 11th-most populous city in the United States and the 4th-most populous city in Texas. It is also the fastest growing large city in the United States, the second most populous state capital after Phoenix, Arizona, and the southernmost state capital in the contiguous United States. As of the U.S. Census Bureau's July 1, 2018 estimate,
Market store, in place of the first-announced full service Whole Foods Market, would be built in its place but without an interior connection to the rest of the mall with an expected opening date sometime in 2017. Although originally scheduled to open on August 1, 2017, construction at the Whole Foods building site ceased in mid-June with concerns that Whole Foods might pull out of the mall if its merger with Amazon goes through. In January 2018 Fresh Thyme grocery announced it will open a new store in place of