Whole Foods Market
Grocery store · Belmont
19800 Belmont Chase Dr Suite 160, Ashburn, VA 20147
Highlights
Organic & natural groceries, housewares, wine, & more. Hot bar & bakery.
Organic & natural groceries, housewares, wine, & more. Hot bar & bakery.
"An aspirational mainstream retailer where many founders aim to place their South Asian-inspired products to reach a wider, more diverse customer base; being stocked here is framed as both a marker of broader acceptance and an attractive signal for potential investors." - Mahira Rivers
"A national grocery chain’s cornbread products became the author's stuffing secret: originally sold as huge, expensive store-bought cornbread cubes that were dense, dry, and perfectly balanced between sweet and savory, they acted as ideal sponges for a fennel-and-sausage cornbread stuffing. After those premade cubes disappeared from shelves, the author discovered full loaves of the same signature cornbread (about $6 each), which she slices into large cubes and dries slowly in a low oven (around 200°F for a few hours) to achieve a textural masterpiece—bronzed, crispy points with structured, flavor-saturated interiors. The mass-produced loaves seem dense and just stale enough to dry out easily, striking a “unicorn” flavor balance that complements the stuffing without being overly sweet, and they save the author days of baking and drying time despite the recurring cost (roughly $20 a season)." - Lesley Suter
"An industry expert who ran a national grocery program at a major supermarket chain highlights that inventory-management and forecasting weaknesses are the primary hurdles to implementing dynamic pricing: retailers need the right enterprise systems, labor, and financing to track items and change prices throughout the day, though these are solvable choices for operators committed to cutting waste." - Katie Rodriguez
"During a recent visit to a national supermarket, the author noticed a 3.5-ounce can of smoked salmon with Sichuan chile crisp priced at $14; it performs well when stirred into a cream-cheese-and-chive dip, but the same store offered better value fresh options — about a pound of Atlantic salmon fillets for roughly $2 more or an eight-ounce package of cold-smoked salmon for $12 — highlighting that convenient, trendy tinned seafood can sometimes cost more than comparable fresh or smoked alternatives." - Amy McCarthy
"A caterer repeatedly ran out of the fish entrée and repeatedly sent someone back to a nearby grocery store to buy small batches of fish—reportedly only a few pieces at a time—causing long service delays, hungry guests, and frantic staff efforts to hide the shortage from families." - Monica Burton
