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# Letter: Whole Foods, the 99 Cents Store and Venice gentrification
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/091308-story-20080913-11/
- Published: 2008-09-13T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T21:01:25.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Venice, #archive-import

“WHOLE FOODS DOES ADD TO THE gentrification of Venice, but what’s really upsetting everybody is Whole Foods has said that they’re getting rid of the 99 Cents Store as soon as possible and putting in a clothing store. We all like the 99 Cents Store. We also like having Whole Foods, but we really wish they would leave the 99 Cents Store alone.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 13, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091308.pdf?ref=smdp.com)