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Whole Foods Closes Downtown San Francisco Store Due to Devastating Crime

The store previously had to introduce new bathroom rules after the discovery of drug paraphernalia, and had cut opening hours due to “hostile visitors”…

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Upmarket hipster shop Whole Foods is shutting its downtown San Francisco location after just one year of being opened, due to crippling crime rates.

The Whole Foods at Eighth and Market Streets, one of the largest supermarkets in the entirety of San Francisco, shut down on Monday evening. According to the SF Standard, Whole Foods informed City Hall that “deteriorating street conditions” regarding drug use and crime near the store was the main reason for shutting down.

In October, the opening hours for the “flagship” store were cut dramatically due to “high theft” and “hostile visitors,” and had to enforce new rules for their bathrooms in November after syringes and pipes were discovered left there.

In a statement, a spokesman for Whole Foods said that they were closing the location “for the time being,” and that if they ever feel again that they can “ensure the safety of our team members in the store, we will evaluate a reopening of our Trinity location.”

Matt Dorsey, a San Francisco Supervisor for District 6 which covers the Whole Foods, said in a thread on Twitter that he was “incredibly disappointed but sadly unsurprised” by the decision from Whole Foods to shut down their downtown location.

“Our neighborhood waited a long time for this supermarket, but we’re also well aware of problems they’ve experienced with drug-related retail theft, adjacent drug markets, and the many safety issues related to them,” Dorsey tweeted.

He announced he was drafting a bill to address the “understaffing crisis” that was currently taking place in the San Francisco PD, adding that the closure of the Whole Foods was “Exhibit A” as to why it had to be fixed.

As Valiant News reported, Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App, was stabbed to death in the middle of the night last week in the Rincon Hill area of San Francisco, a “well-to-do” neighbourhood in Nancy Pelosi’s district. Police responded to the stabbing at 2:35 a.m. last Tuesday, rendering aid to Lee, who was transported to hospital where he later died of his wounds.

In 2022, 55 murders took place in San Francisco. Chesa Boudin, the former District Attorney who was supported by George Soros, lost a recall election in June last year, after rising crime rates led to increased dissatisfaction among lower class and minority residents.

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Jack Hadfield is the Associate Editor at Valiant News. An investigative reporter from the UK, and the director and presenter of "Destination Dover: Migrants in the Channel, his work has appeared in such sites as Breitbart and The Political Insider. You can follow him on Gab @JH, on Telegram @JackHadders, or see his other social media by visiting jackhadfield.co.uk.

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