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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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