Obama Win May Be Bad for Whole Foods

Barron's ^ | October 31, 2008

[FreedomProtector]

What is even more ironic is the grocery store with the most liberal magazines will be nit the most by Obama...every liberal propaganda magazine is at the checkout in those stores....

[SnakeDoctor]

>> My husband just said O must have read Robin Hood everyday when he was young.

I he did, he misinterpreted it. Robin Hood didn’t take money from the rich to give to the poor ... he took money from the government to give to the overburdened taxpayer. The villain was the Sheriff of Nottingham (tax collector). Robin Hood wasn’t a socialist icon, he was a tax cutter.

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[Bookbuck]

So, an Obama win will benefit Kroger, which is headquartered in conservative Cincinnati? Rather ironic. Actually, I think the biggest winners will be the Albrecht family who owns Aldi and Trader Joe’s.

[AHerald]

I’ll have a tough time holding down food if Obama wins.

[muawiyah]

Those Obama stickers are on those cars because they think that will protect them from vandalism or theft.

They are wrong!

[libertarian27]

Great comment! Right on Target!

[DemonDeac]

The real choice for yuppies on November 4 is not McCain-Obama. It is Obama-Whole Foods.

[Finny]

It seems to me that a large part of the appeal of Whole Foods, and the reason people put up with the additional inconvenience and expense, is so they can feel better than the general society.

I suspect you nailed it. The ambience of every Whole Foods I've ever been in has been so sanctimonious and smug you could practically eat it with a spoon. I used to go to WF for a very limited number of specialty bakery and pre-made entree items, but finally got disgusted and have refused to patronize the chain for years.

Many people (some of my relatives among them) mistake Trader Joe's as a "liberal" hotbed along the lines of Whole Foods, but they are mistaken. Trader Joe's is a smart supplment for grocery shopping -- the prices on staples like eggs and butter are significantly lower than at regular stores, and TJs clearly has superior quality in many things, like the frozen enchiladas and its apple smoked bacon. And don't give me the "Costco" argument -- for a family of two with no large freezer, all Coscto does is waste money when bulk foods go unused and have to be tossed.

In So Cal, I recommend that all good conservatives go out of their way to patronize STATER BROS. MARKETS. The company is non-union, its prices are quite a bit lower on nearly all items compared to Vons, Ralph's, and Albertson's, and its CEO, Jack Brown, is a rock-ribbed conservative Republican. Plus it has a truly excellent meat market.

Henry's is slightly sanctimonious, though doesn't hold a candle to Whole Foods -- yet hands-down, Henry's has the better produce compared to all other grocery stores, and since there's one right by the local TJs, I often buy veggies there. But I do have to keep from sniggering when standing in the checkout line and seeing the Tofu Jerky in the "impulse buy" section! Truly, only a Grade A Candyass would ever buy tofu jerky!

[VOA]

Actually, I think the biggest winners will be the Albrecht family
who owns Aldi and Trader Joe’s.

I didn't know the two were held by the same entity.

Aldi's has gotten favorable mention twice in the last week or two
in The Wall Street Journal. It got mention along with Wal-Mart
as a winner in our current times.

[VOA]

“
I went into a Whole Foods store here in Nashville the other night.
I felt like was in a foreign country!!!!!
“

Of course.
I suspect the Whole Foods in Nashville is probably structured as
an comfortable echo-chamber/womb-experience for rich east/west-coast
money managers who have to do a “tour of duty” in The Music City
before they get back to NYC/Boston/SF/LA.

Actually, the one I patronized in West Los Angeles for more than five years
was suprising “normal”...just health ads were appended to some of
their offerings. And they had about the best prices on some items
like energy bars and yogurt.

But I suspect the ones in flyover country are more “progressive”
to make displaced liberals feel at home.

[Reeses]

$200,000 for singles and $250,000 for couples

So a couple living together making $400k won't see a tax increase but they will get hammered hard if they get married? That's a huge marriage penalty. Why do Democrats have it out for married people? Gays want to get married out of envy rather than any financial sense.