re: #541 lawhawk

Indeed.

I’m not a big fan of Whole Foods because they are generally overpriced and would choose Wegmans in a heartbeat (but for the fact that the closest one is in Bridgewater NJ), but I do respect the fact that they’re hiring hundreds of people to work in the store. I’m actually doing a pre-tour of the store before it opens on March 19th, so it will be interesting to see how they’ve set up the new store, which apparently includes a major liquor and wine department (a big deal given how difficult it is to get a liquor license in NJ and Paramus in particular).

And up the road Fairway Markets is opening in a few weeks time too. That’s another couple hundred jobs (to say nothing of the construction jobs needed to ready all this space).

Meanwhile, the Xanadu project in the Meadowlands may start a soft launch later this spring, meaning still more jobs.

That (Xanadu) would be great for the area as a whole.