San Francisco Whole Foods closes a year after opening due to crime: report

A just lately opened Complete Meals Market in San Francisco closed its doorways on Monday over rising crime within the downtown space, in keeping with a report.

The favored grocery retailer chain shuttered its SF flagship location a bit greater than a 12 months after it opened, citing employee security considerations, The San Francisco Normal reported.

“We’re closing our Trinity location solely in the intervening time,” a Complete Meals spokesperson informed the native outlet in a press release. “If we really feel we will guarantee the security of our group members within the retailer, we are going to consider a reopening of our Trinity location.”

The corporate mentioned rampant drug use and rising crime result in its resolution, a metropolis corridor supply informed The Normal.

The Complete Meals retailer had already lowered its hours in October of final 12 months after experiencing “excessive theft” and hostile patrons, a retailer supervisor mentioned.

A month later, retailer managers restricted use of its loos to prospects solely after syringes and pipes had been discovered within the restrooms, the publication reported.

The town has additionally been affected by an absence of foot site visitors as many residents are now not going into places of work within the downtown space and are as an alternative working from dwelling.

Numerous small companies have shuttered.

San Francisco’s District 6 supervisor Matt Dorsey mentioned he was “extremely upset however sadly unsurprised” by the Complete Meals closure.

“Our neighborhood waited a very long time for this grocery store, however we’re additionally effectively conscious of issues they’ve skilled with drug-related retail theft, adjoining drug markets, and the various issues of safety associated to them,” Dorsey mentioned in a press release.

The Democrat mentioned he was drafting new laws to make sure the San Francisco police division is totally staffed inside 5 years.

The division has been down 335 officers since 2017 and effectively under its staffing aim, The Normal reported.