Posted on 08/19/2014 10:43:58 AM PDT by EveningStar
I have a love-hate relationship with Whole Foods Market. On the one hand, I love their fresh produce, their baked goods, and many other food choices there. On the other hand, they have embraced anti-science positions in the interest of keeping everything "natural."
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Their logic is so convoluted.
By providing employment at market wages for the locals, they are indeed giving to the community. Every dollar they pay in wages eventually ripples into 3 or 4 dollars.
By charging higher than market prices they could be said to be removing money from the local economy. Money that could be put into other, more productive purposes.
So they won’t sell aspirin??
Aspirin in the Ancient World
Aspirin was first produced 110 years ago, but the natural form, salicylic acid, found in plants (i.e. the willow and myrtle) has been used for thousands of years.
As early as 3000 BC, the ancient Egyptians used willow bark and myrtle to reduce pain and fever
By 30 AD, Greek and Roman physicians suggested the use of willow leaf to treat inflammation.
A Victorian Era Discovery
The natural form of aspirin, salicylic acid, was associated with an awful taste and often induced upset stomachs and vomiting. In 1853, scientist Charles Fredric Gerhardt was the first to prepare ASA by the addition of an acetyl chemical to natural salicylic acid, however this form was said to be unstable.
In 1897, Felix Hoffmann (a young chemist working for Bayer) independently made ASA in a more chemically pure, stable and more palatable form. Hoffman’s father had utilised sodium salicylate for rheumatic pain (to make it easier on the stomach).
Two years later, on March 6, 1899, aspirin was trademarked under the Imperial Office of Berlin.
When war broke out in 1914 the Allies lost their source of aspirin and so they offered large prizes for anyone who could make aspirin. When the war ended the Allies forced the Germans to give up their patent.
They just opened a new Whole Foods in Red Hampshire yesterday, and I love the damn zoo...thanks for the tip!
* Decent pasta & sauces at very cheap prices.
* Fresh made peanut butter.
* Good selection of produce. Some of it even tastes OK - unlike big box stores' bland, tasteless veggies.
* Fresh bread.
* Draft beer with growlers available.
* Soda without sugar or fake sugar.
* Best selection of snack chips & salsas.
Well, that guy’s article might be considered humor but its an accurate portrayal of WF.
Seen it up close and personal including the rage vibrating through them when they do not know how to react.
Just a crowd of self important, smug clowns the lot of them.
We do shop there, but only as a once-in-a-while treat. It’s too expensive for us to go there regularly.
Sprouts is awesome! Cheap too. It was dirt cheap prior to 2008.
I have a garden loaded with tomatoes that Whole Foods couldn't match up with in their wildest imagination...
We have Sprouts here. Same basic concept but a lot cheaper.
Their stock is tanking. Even lo-info Leftists have caught on that they are being ripped off by WF pricing.
We have Sprouts here too.
Interesting, I’ve never bothered to ask and I have never received anything but a paper bag from my local Whole Foods.
Except the 5% thing, none of your other gripes really apply to my local Whole Foods store either. However, I live in a very conservative area and I’m guessing the circus freaks would be bad for business. I think a lot of people around here shop there because they have a better selection for certain foods than other stores, particularly when it comes to cheeses.
You can also review the quality standards on their website for the ingredients that will not be in any of the products they carry. High fructose corn syrup is one of them, so you know from the outset that nothing they sell will have that ingredient.
so manufactures learn to rename the banned product. (ie MSG comes under different names)
Same for me. I’ve never goten anything other than paper bags for the 5 years our WF has been open. They are great for fish and meat. I don’t eat bread but the bakery is good for those who do. I’m allergic to some soaps and shaving creams mass produced and they carry more “natural” ones that don’t affect me. I get fresh ground peanut butter, olive oil and local honey there cheap. Also have a good wine selection.
The Obama stickers on the Prius’s are the customers...
Several years ago there was a Tea Party rally in front of one in Dallas. I went inside to get a drink. Once was enough for me.
Thanks for that. Just read it.
I read a similar article in the Investor’s Business Daily a few years ago about a study on organic foods which concluded that there were no particular health benefits consuming organic foods.
Yes we can all benefit having a healthier diet including more fruits and vegetables, poultry and fish, less red meat, less fried foods, less fast food and junk food. But that is just common sense. No need to go to extremes or expensive fads.
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