Whole Foods opens on Grand
Michael Leone, right, shops with his daughters, Simone, 4, left, and Lucia, 6, at a new Whole Foods Market that opened Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles.
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Whole Foods employee Gilbert Ayard fillets an ahi tuna during the grand opening Wednesday of the Whole Foods in downtown L.A.
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Park Hwa Ja checks out the produce while shopping with Penten Jong, 1, at Whole Foods.
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Cake decorators Tanya Hilaire, left, and Morena Lazo deliver finished cakes to the display counter.
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Customer Amy Zaporetsky, who rode her bicycle to the store, shops inside the new Whole Foods Market.
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Shopper Abigail Schilling, left, samples a glass of red wine from Hearst Winery during the grand opening at Whole Foods.
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From left, Manuel Gonzalez, Maycol Thomas and Ricardo Gomez take a break while working at the store.
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Tony Rozelle, 41, left, of Hollywood samples a green veggie roll from Jason Tan inside the new Whole Foods Market on Grand Avenue.
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Puddles Pity Party performs inside the Eight Bar at Whole Foods.
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Pedestrians make their way past downtown L.A.’s new Whole Foods Market.
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