Many of the posts on ABC News blog are Pro - Mackey, pro alternatives to Death Race 3200.
A regular profile in courage.
There’ll be fewer hippies there next time I go.
Something that's struck me, I've never experienced a Super Market where so many people run into eachother or block the aisles.
I mean, it's epidemic there.
And then I realized, it's because there's so many liberals who are by definition narcissistic and self centered - they have no awareness that other people in the world exist.
If I had a Whole FOods anywhere near me, I’d shop there.
Growing up, I was taught: “Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.”
So Joshua’s not going to Whole Foods anymore?
Then I’m going there more often.
Absolutely. I used to avoid Whole Foods like the plague because of the clientele. I never bothered to look into the organization, but now that I know more, I will start going there, especially since I will have to put up with fewer of the former clientele.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316097/posts
Sorry OldDeckHand, didn’t see this discussion raging some 18 minutes before mine...:) Funny, I did a search on Whole Foods and this other post didn’t come up..
It will be interesting to see how Mackey’s company does in the face of a boycott.
I love Whole Foods’ product mix, but the fascist hippie customers and ostentatiously pierced staff members have always been a drawback. Now, maybe, not so much. It might be worth the drive over there more often.
Count me in. It’s interesting to note that, according to an article I read recently, many of the long-time customers of Whole Foods who supported the store from the beginning, are now dropping away, disenchanted because the company has become too successful and is expanding.
Sometimes, there’s no cure for hippies. Not even soap.
I have and will boycott the place just because they sell organic garbage!
We shop there once in a while when my wife has a hankerin’ for food that’s overpriced and no better than our normal grocery. Personally, I like their sunflower seeds, at least.
What most strikes me is this. The CEO’s op-ed in the WSJ was very mild and full of specifics. Disagree with it if you wish, but my goodness, it’s not as if the guy wrote a Michael-Moore-type fire-breathing screed. If one cannot speak up even mildly, saying, “I support reforms, just DIFFERENT reforms,” without this reaction, then I’m speechless.
I live near a Whole Foods and have begun shopping there more often since the haters demanded they not carry any items from Israel
The facebook page for Whole foods has a comment section for this article he wrote. More in support than oppose. One poster said that if they wanted to cater to the conservative shopper then they need to carry instant grits, pork rinds and cheetos. Rich snobby dems....
I despise Whole Foods and their wacko customers. It’s popcorn time.
I hate to say it, but this is the equivalent of the Dixie Chicks saying they are ashamed of George Bush. You have to know your customer. I agree with him, but, come on, this is WHOLE FOODS. Obama’s favorite overpriced arugula supplier.
Some customers may be boycotting, but Mackey just gained a customer here.
What’s really scary is his views on how to reform healthcare coverage were so logical and easy to understand. How anyone could object to them unless they had been told to do so by the EXTREME LEFT FRINGE is beyond me. (That has to be it because it’s obvious the boycotters aren’t thinking for themselves.)
Link to his oped:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342170072865070.html
Most of this guy’s customers are hippies, so he may be toast.