I have no quarrel with Whole Foods. At least there is competition, and I purchase from both Whole Foods and the competition depending upon my whims.
Methinks we should direct our ire at pure unadulterated scientific incompetance. The EPA is a good start. If one were to sum the entire IQ of that squalid organization, we’d probably still be to the right of the decimal point.
And - of course - the congress that caused this collection of cretins to come into existance is even lower on the intelligence scale. (Statement of the obvious, obviously.)
Even more overpriced than their stock is their merchandise. Seems that if you slap an organic sticker on something that gives you the right to double or triple the price. There is no proof that organic foods are healthier than non-organic foods.
In our area Whole Foods seem no diffrent than Democrat Party HQ. All the Priuses with BHO bumperstickers in the parking lot. A huge gathering spot for all of the local liberals and environmental extremists.
The beauty of the free market:
If you don’t like it, or their policies, don’t shop there.
Some of us are blessed enough to have the resources to be nearly infinitely picky about what goes into or on our bodies; others don’t care.
the author is free to think ‘silly’ what they want to, just as I am free to pretty much only eat locally grown, organic food from within a 25 mile radius and use personal care products that cost as much as a tank of gas for my Chevy V8 :-). For my body, nothing goes into it that I don’t know ever last detail of how and where it was made, other people are perfectly happy eating any old crap and spend as much on things like kids, TV, cell phones or movies as I do on gourmet cooking :-) But no kids, no debts and two houses paid for, Whole Paycheck, as I call it, is pretty much the only place I shop besides the farmer’s markets and the CSA boxes (Community Supported Agriculture).
Freedom is wonderful
LOL!
One of my dear little students gave me a $15.00 gift card to Whole Foods.
I was able to but a pint of feta cheese and some crackers and had to make up the difference in cash.
It was quite tasty, but, come on!
A certain segment of the population seems to be attracted to an “elite shopping experience” with all its extra costs. There’s a sense of heightened superiority associated with being able to partake of an indulgence and enjoy one’s ability to spend more for perceived quality.
In short, there’s a huge psychological component to a lot of our shopping habits. Upscale stores understand and exploit this concept very well.
What a pathetic mix of untruths this article contains. Of course there’s a difference between, say, natural and artificial blueberry flavoring.
That broad consensus on GMOs is about as uniform as the agreement on climate change. There haven’t been any long-term tests, but it is known that GMOs cause significant health problems in laboratory animals.
That study on the merits of organic foods was bogus too, since it only addressed differences in nutrients, not the differences in pesticide and herbicide exposure.
Probiotics are gaining respect in the medical world, and they are of significant value once a course of antibiotics has disrupted the healthy yeasts and bacteria in the digestive system.
Sure, there are some products that Whole Foods and other health food stores sell that will likely ultimately be proven to be of no benefit for various health conditions—just as some traditional medicines will likely be discredited.
But if people want to buy organic, non-GMO and other specific foods, this is a free country and WF ought to be free to sell what the customer would like to buy.
What a sorry article!
We call it WHole Check instead of Whole Food
I love Whole Foods. Yes, it’s a bit expensive for me now that I’m on a fixed income, but once in a great while I will treat myself. The Whole Foods in my area has some really fresh produce, unlike some of the local supermarkets where fruit and vegetables lay around for days and weeks. And this particular store is perpetually crowded, even at 10 at night. It does a brisk business. Can’t fault Whole Foods for that.
I've found some organic veggies & fruits to taste better than non-organic. Of course, the same is mostly true when I buy from a farmer's market, too.
Also, I've been cutting down on processed foods with endless ingredients, preservatives & massive amounts of unnecessary sugar. Whole Foods helps with that.
I couldn't care less about what the other shoppers & employees think, wear, etc.
PFL
There are however highly processed 'foods' such as HFCS which have no food value and which are arguably poisonous.
There is also modern wheat. For all of its benefits as a crop it is no longer the 'staff of life' - modern dwarf-wheat processed into white flour is responsible for chronic digestive and inflammatory illnesses.
That was as far as I needed to go in order to know that that guy isn't credible. Go peddle that nonsense with the global warming idiots where science is done by consensus at government agencies and government approved schools.
If people want to eat food from plants soaked in Roundup, I will fight for their right to do so. I just don't expect to hear any static from them if I don't.
I have switched over to Whole Foods recently.
The EBT crowd has taken over my local supermarkets and it is hard to watch as the SNAP cards come out for carts of groceries that I have to pay for.
The pay point even has an EBT designation now along with debit card, credit card, etc. That was the breaking point for me.
I haven’t seen an EBT card in Whole Foods yet.
Yes, it’s expensive, but worth the price IMO, and my car hasn’t been broken into as cars have at my old supermarket.
The grocery chain where I have shopped for years is expanding the “Health Market” section in their stores where they sell those over priced organic products. The profit margins on these products are huge so grocery chains are eager to cash in. I can’t believe that people are willing to pay $6 per gallon for “organic” milk or $1 per pound for “organic” bananas especially when study after study shows there is absolutely no health advantage and we are all struggling with higher prices on regular food.
At Whole Foods all I buy is French blue cheese and the 70% cocoa Icelandic chocolate bars. It’s expensive but I’m worth it.
I'll find comparable produce and dry goods elsewhere, but I will only eat meat and poultry form Whole Foods.
The employees at Whole Foods look happier that those at the major chains. I'm guessing they are better compensated.
The only time I’ve ever shopped there routine was for one product, a 365 brand juice drink called Cherry Crush. They lost that biz when they stopped carrying it.
Now, shopping at whole foods is reserved for splurging only, like buying a gouda so old the cheese is crystallizing or a bohemian culinary concoction in the bakery/deli.
Even at that they are high priced.
Once I went to Aldis and Whole foods on the same day. Aldis had thin stalk fresh asparagus from Peru for $1.99. Whole foods had the exact thing in the exact Peru box for $4.99.
It really gets me how the “organic”, “healthier” & “green” marketing ploys are consumed so energetically by Liberals and particularly younger Liberals.
In Manattan in the north end of “the west village” (west side of Grenwich Village), home to New York University, The New School, Cooper Union and Baruch College, the 14th Street Whole Foods store is packed to the rafters with customers from late afternoon until evening week days. I guess many of the idiot parents who send their kids to extravagant NYU ($50k+) also don’t mind their kids extravagant grocery bills.
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