Whole Foods Market announced plans to open stores in three new locations: Cherry Hill, NJ, Indianapolis and Richmond, VA.

Whole Foods will open its newest Mid-Atlantic store in Cherry Hill on June 18. The new store will be more than 45,000 square feet and will be the first location in the company to feature the "Hatchery" — a pop-up entrepreneurial space within the store where local suppliers, chefs, craftspeople and innovators have the opportunity to sell directly to Whole Foods Market customers. A different artisan will be featured each day of the store’s opening week.

The new 40,000-square-foot downtown Indianapolis store will be the third Whole Foods Market in the Indianapolis area. It is scheduled to open in 2017.

“With this new centrally located store in Indiana’s capital, Whole Foods Market will increase access to healthy and organic options to downtown residents and workers,” Michael Bashaw, Whole Foods Market Midwest regional president, said in a press release. “Located just down the street of the historic Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, this new store will allow us to share our passion for food with the vibrant community in and around the Market East District.”

This new location will offer downtown residents and workers alike, fresh, organic fruits and vegetables.

Whole Foods Market will continue its mission in supporting sustainable agriculture and the environment by offering natural and organic foods, free of artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners, preservatives and hydrogenated fats.

The approximately 40,000-square-foot Richmond store will be located near the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. No target opening date has been set.

The location will allow the store to serve the people who live, work and go to school in the city, as well as the number of visitors to nearby museums and attractions. Whole Foods Market currently has one other store in the area, which celebrated its five-year anniversary in September.

“Richmond, particularly the Broad Street area, has such a vibrant, unique energy – from historic neighborhoods to stimulating museums, from dynamic residents to creative students – and this new site will allow Whole Foods Market to grow within the city while continuing to strengthen our established relationships,” Scott Allshouse, Whole Foods Market Mid-Atlantic regional president, said in a press release. “Ever since Whole Foods Market came to the area more than five years ago, we’ve built meaningful partnerships with local suppliers, community organization and nonprofits. We’re excited to expand those connections and make new neighbors in the process.”