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Whole Foods To Offer Free Charlestown Shuttle
The complimentary Thursday and Saturday service will begin Nov. 21.
While Charlestown residents have been busy working on ways to get their neighbors to a grocery store once Johnnie’s Foodmaster closes on Nov. 19, the company taking over the Thompson Square store has put together its own solution to the problem.
Whole Foods Market, which in late October confirmed its purchase of six Foodmaster stores in the Boston area, sent out a press release Friday announcing a new complimentary shuttle service for residents in the Charlestown and North End communities.
“The complimentary shuttle will take shoppers to the closest open Whole Foods Market location, in Beacon Hill, while its Charlestown store is undergoing renovations,” the press release stated. “Whole Foods Market has arranged this free shuttle service from Bunker Hill Mall and three North End locations, to the Charles River Plaza store, twice weekly.”
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The Whole Foods shuttle will begin running on Wednesday, Nov. 21—the day before Thanksgiving—and again on Saturday, Nov. 24. After that, a regular schedule will start up, with three trips offered on Thursdays and two on Saturdays.
Each trip will run 90 minutes, including about half an hour of roundtrip travel time and an hour for shopping, according to the press release.
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The Thompson Square store will be closing for renovations next week and is set to reopen sometime in 2013.
Below is a the complete schedule for Wednesday, Nov. 21 and Thursdays and Saturdays thereafter:
Whole Foods Complimentary Shuttle Schedule
Wednesday (Nov. 21)
Thursday/Weekday
Depart
Arrive
Return
Bunker Hill Mall
9a
9:15a
10:30a
Casa Maria - Endicott St
9:35a
10:10a
11:45a
Paul Revere Mall - Hanover St
9:45a
10:10a
11:45a
Christopher Columbus Plaza - Commercial St
9:55a
10:10a
11:45a
Depart
Arrive
Return
Bunker Hill Mall
1p
1:15p
2:30p
Casa Maria - Endicott St
1:35p
2:10p
3:45P
Paul Revere Mall - Hanover St
1:45p
2:10p
3:45P
Christopher Columbus Plaza - Commercial St
1:55p
2:10p
3:45P
Depart
Arrive
Return
Casa Maria - Endicott St
6:30p
7:10p
8:30p
Paul Revere Mall - Hanover St
6:40p
7:10p
8:30p
Christopher Columbus Plaza - Commercial St
6:50p
7:10p
8:30p
Bunker Hill Mall
7:30p
7:45p
9p
Saturday
Depart
Arrive
Return
Bunker Hill Mall
9a
9:15a
10:30a
Casa Maria - Endicott St
9:35a
10:10a
11:45a
Paul Revere Mall - Hanover St
9:45a
10:10a
11:45a
Christopher Columbus Plaza - Commercial St
9:55a
10:10a
11:45a
Depart
Arrive
Return
Bunker Hill Mall
11a
11:15a
12:15p
Casa Maria - Endicott St
12p
12:35p
1:45p
Paul Revere Mall - Hanover St
12:10p
12:35p
1:45p
Christopher Columbus Plaza - Commercial St
12:20p
12:35p
1:45p
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