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Sounds like West Seattle won't be getting their store full of overpriced produce and organic everything any time soon. Whole Foods representatives announced yesterday that they will "delay indefinitely” the development of a store on Fauntleroy Way after months of company struggles, The Seattle Times reports.

The company fell short of Wall Street expectations in its most recent quarter and lowered its full-year sales and earnings guidance.

Whole Foods is cutting costs, saying last month that it would be closing nine stores by April and shuttering its last three commissaries that made prepared foods for its stores. It also has terminated several leases in development.

The store, which was planned as the anchor of a mixed-use project inside The Whittaker building, has been a contentious neighborhood issue since 2013. West Seattle Blog, which has been following the development plans since 2012, reports that the health food chain has announced delays since 2015.

Our first reply of the morning is from Carrie Murray with Weingarten Realty, which owns The Whittaker’s retail space:

Weingarten Realty is actively working with Whole Foods to find a replacement for the space Whole Foods leased at The Whittaker. We currently have several prospects interested but we cannot make an announcement at this time.

In the meantime, West Seattleites will have to make the haul over multiple bridges to get to existing Whole Foods stores in Interbay, Roosevelt Square, and South Lake Union.