PCC's 11th store is scheduled to open in 2016 in the Canyon Park area of Bothell. Located at 22621 Bothell Everett Highway, it will be 25,000 square feet and hire around 130 new full- and part-time employees, reports Puget Sound Business Journal. It will be the fifth in the outlying cities (if you don't count West Seattle as its own city).
PCC is not the only natural foods-oriented store looking to expand – Bellingham-based Haggen is opening 146 new locations, including eight in the Seattle area, and Whole Foods has a new store near Seattle University and Swedish Medical Center scheduled for 2018. It sounds like Washington may be gearing up for a natural foods "Hunger Games."