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Whole Foods to Debut in Montana

Specialty Food Association

Whole Foods has announced that it will open a 31,718-square-foot store in Bozeman, Montana on February 1. The location will be the grocer’s first store in the state.

The new location’s product assortment will feature more than 75 local items from Montana and Wyoming, hand-picked by Darcy Landis, local forager for Whole Foods Market’s Mountain Pacific Region. The location will also feature a women-owned coffee bar, Treeline Coffee Roasters.

Additional store features will include:

• An array of organic, conventional, and Sourced for Good produce and a floral section with seasonal offerings from local farms.

• A cheese department featuring more than 100 cheeses from around the world as well as organic goat cheese from Montana’s Amaltheia Organic Dairy.

• A curated grocery section with local products including plant-based dips from Plant-Perks, canned vegetables and jams from Roots Kitchen and Cannery, safflower oil from The Oil Barn, and caramels from Bèquet Confections.

• A full-service seafood counter where all offerings are sustainable, wild-caught, or Responsibly Farmed.

• Local craft beers from Bozeman Brewing Company, Bridger Brewing, MAP Brewing Company, Mountains Walking Brewery, and The Outlaw Brewing Company; local wines will also be available.

• A prepared foods section that will include a hot food bar, salad bar, soup station, made-in-house rotisserie chicken, sushi, and fresh pizza.

• A bakery department including chocolate cupcakes from Better Bites, muffins from Abe’s Vegan Mini Muffins, and vegan brownies and cookies from Whole Foods Market’s private label.

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