Whole Foods Market will open its first ever store in Lafayette on Sept. 24.

The 36,200-square-foot Whole Foods Market Ambassador Caffery store located at 4247 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy. will employ approximately 150 team members. Applications are being accepted at wholefoodsmarket.com/careers through Aug. 12.

"We are so excited to come to Lafayette and encourage people throughout the area to submit their applications online," Louisiana native and general manager John "Johnny" Veillon said.

"In addition, the company is looking for local products and urge producers and growers interested in being on our shelves to email louisianalocal@wholefoods.com," Veillon said.

With the Ambassador Caffery location, the Whole Foods Market Louisiana stores will have more than 1,125 team members and growing with the Shreveport location set to open in 2015. More information will soon be available on wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/ambassadorcaffery.

About Whole Foods Market®

Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com, NASDAQ: WFM), is the leading natural and organic food retailer. As America's first national certified organic grocer, Whole Foods Market was named "America's Healthiest Grocery Store" by Health magazine. The company's motto, "Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet"™ captures its mission to ensure customer satisfaction and health, Team Member excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to the company's more than 78,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America by FORTUNE magazine for 15 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2013, the company had sales of $12.9 billion and currently has more than 360 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Other Whole Foods Market Louisiana Locations:

BATON ROUGE

Baton Rouge – 7529 Corporate Blvd., (225) 218-0452, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

METAIRIE

Veterans – 3420 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA 70002 (504) 888-8225, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS

Arabella Station – 5600 Magazine St., (504) 899-9119, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Broad St. – 300 N. Broad St., (504) 434-3364, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.