This is lazy on the part of the writer. The official said "Amazon grocery store". Couple that with the other rumored "Whole Foods" on Midlothian Turnpike and they should realize that these are most likely Amazon Fresh grocery stores, not Whole Foods. There are already many in Northern Virginia. I'm more excited for that than I am for Whole Foods anyway.

Where on Hull St tho?

Looks like next to the existing shopping center with the Children's Museum and Tractor Supply.

Edit: I realized that that might not be super descriptive if you don't know the area. The address is around 6801 Lake Harbour Dr, Midlothian.

I would have picked the "across the street from Walmart / Dicks near Woodlake" as the comparison point, haha.

Did you read the article?

I've got little kids and a lot of yard... I am in the children's museum and tractor supply more than is healthy.

Oh, thank goodness. Between the two Aldis, two Publixes, two Walmart groceries, the Target grocery, and the Kroger that reside between 288/Hull and Birkdale, we were in real trouble of becoming a food desert.

Oh, wait, forgot the Food Lion.

I’m gonna be the guy that says it this time: Manchester residents still have to drive 20 minutes for groceries.

Yea, just re-read it. At the bottom it says the article has been updated to reflect an accurate location but nowhere does it even mention an address or cross streets. Are you looking at a different article?

Since so many people really, really want a grocery store in Manchester, they should get together to form a co-op and build one.

Amazon Fresh announced earlier this month that they were halting expansion, closing some stores and not completing others that weren't open yet.

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https://www.supermarketnews.com/retail-financial/amazon-halts-fresh-rollout-shutters-stores

MORE LIKE WHOLE PAYCHECK amirite

The overhead photos of the intersection and existing stores were the details.

That's disappointing. With the Midlothian and Hull St locations so close, I doubt they were both planned to be Whole Foods... And would they plan to open a new Whole Foods in one and an Amazon Fresh at the other? I'd still guess that both locations were planned to be Amazon Fresh, but one or both may not be built now.

Lidl had planned on other locations in Chesterfield (and even owned the land for them), but ended up not building all of their planned locations. This could be similar.

Actually, could this be a distribution center and kitchen for Amazon Fresh going in Villa Park? (Notice the green accents) https://richmondbizsense.com/2023/02/21/code-named-industrial-project-planned-for-goodwin-owned-land-along-villa-park-drive/

I just want a gd Trader Joes in the Woodlake area.

We’ll finally have options. Also, don’t forget The Fresh Market on Commonwealth Centre

Good for them. One of the many reasons we bought in Short Pump instead of way out in the boonies of Hull St is so that we had easy access to Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.

Given that they said first to market for the region originally I'm in the bad reporting camp too. Amazon Fresh closed some stores but also they also recently said they were intending to "go big" in brick and mortar grocery market.

https://www.engadget.com/amazon-plans-to-eventually-go-big-on-physical-grocery-stores-154524344.html

Edit: Thought this was the Alverser development at first, that was the one that used the first to market language. Not sure if they said the same about Hull.

https://www.engadget.com/amazon-plans-to-eventually-go-big-on-physical-grocery-stores-154524344.html

How could I? (Because I never go there, that's why...but it's a nice store.)

I'm sure they are eventually going to expand Fresh again, but anything being announced this week isn't going to be a Fresh store.

I've shopped at an Amazon Fresh store, and they aren't that good. The Amazon Go convenience store concept is excellent, but the full grocery store isn't. Especially since it isn't just "walk right out" as they say. You still have to have your phone scanned out of the store by an Amazon employee at the exit before the exit gate will open. Add extremely high prices to that, and after shopping at one once, I have no desire to really go back to one.

Hopefully the expansion pause will let them figure out what they need to do to make it work.

Both this site and the Alverser one were in the works since last fall if you look at the Accela system so it isn't a new announcement.

In that case maybe, but they had another few in the works up here, including at least one that was pretty close to complete, that they have stopped work on for now.

Man I thought that shit was an ad SMH

Short Pump FTW

I can understand that. I live close to the site so I recognized it, but WRIC could definitely have done a better job of presenting the information.

Could we please get something to replace the Ukrops in Chesterfield Medows?

It’s the Raising Caines in that rendering that got be excited.

That area needs another grocery store like the Chesterfield BOS needs another kick back.

No no, Im obviously a moron because I didn’t read the article 🙄

Yes they’d make a killing out that way. The south side location is just about as shitty to drive to from WL/Brandermill as the Short Pump location.

my understanding is the Raising Cane's plans for that location got canceled a while ago and instead they recently opened the one near chesterfield towne center

Noooooooooo. And my joy is smashed

In the meanwhile, I hear the cries coming from Manchester.

It still hasn’t been replaced? Even with the new construction along the Ironbridge road and Beach road?

A permit was filed in September 2022 for a new grocery store in Libbie Place (on Broad near Willow Lawn). Several people speculated this is/was going to be an Amazon Fresh since the article indicated it was a new to Richmond chain grocer. Makes me wonder if this is still happening now. Although it could be a completely different grocer.

Raising Caines bought the Rite Aid property in Dec 2021. It’s not re-listed for sale so I would say it’s safe to assume it will be developed eventually.

Trader Joes should have taken over the old Barnes & Noble at Commonwealth Centre instead of Fresh Market. They even had a head start with the awkward parking lot.

The Food Lion-s-. You forgot the s.

Is there more than one on Hull? Heck, I wasn't even getting down into Brandermill.

Whoops, I forgot to mention the new BJ’s across from the Chattanooga Walmart….aka the old Walmart

One off of Genito and Hull, plus one off of Genito, maybe 5 minutes down towards Otterdale.

Oh, yep. You're going further out than my original range but good point.