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Whole Foods opens at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Northbrook's Willow Festival shopping center.
The 60,000-square-foot store at 840 Willow Road, just west of Waukegan Road, is the largest Chicago-area location of the Austin, Texas-based natural foods grocery chain.
Among the items to be found inside are a meat department with organic free-range meat and poultry and sausages made in-house, seafood and made-to-order sushi, locally grown and organic produce, 200 varieties of cheeses, kosher, gluten-free and raw food cases and environmentally friendly cleaning products.
Company officials say the store also will have a wide variety of prepared foods, including brick-oven pizzas, salad and desert bars and freshly-ground peanut and cashew butter.
The store also offers more than 800 types of wines, including organic varieties; 80 types of beer and 20 types of sake.
Employees on Tuesday were busy stocking shelves and getting the store ready. The company last month named Red Elk Banks, former store team leader in Deerfield, to head the Northbrook store.
Along with its food products, the new store has free Wi-Fi access throughout and space for cooking demonstrations by Chicago-area chefs, performances by musicians, classes on a wide variety of healthy living topics and ladies' night cooking classes and wine tastings.
Entertainment on opening day includes a free performance by Sarah Potenza Band, a Rhode Island-based singer and songwriter. Blues and country rock will be performed from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The store will be open until 10 p.m. Wednesday, and every day thereafter. As of Aug. 30, its doors will open at 8 a.m. daily.
Whole Foods tailors each of its stores to the surrounding community, said Kate Klotz, company spokeswoman. What will it offer this area?
"Our extensive market research identified that the community is extremely family-oriented, prefers to get their shopping done efficiently, cooks at home often, but enjoys learning and utilizing cooking shortcuts to streamline busy weeknight meals," Klotz said.
"That's why our specialty (cheeses, wines, etc.) and produce departments are so extensive, but we also offer so many prepared items," she said.