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Whole Foods "Buycott" Scheduled for Sept. 1
Digital Journal ^ | 8/29/09

Posted on 08/30/2009 10:29:30 PM PDT by FrdmLvr

In response to the Left-driven boycott of Whole Foods Markets over CEO John Mackey's Wall Street Journal Op-Ed opposing the ObamaCare bill, the National Tea Party Coalition is scheduling a 'buycott' encouraging the public to shop Whole Foods on Sept. 1.

On Aug. 24, I reported here at Digital Journal on the boycotts of FOX conservative pundit Glenn Beck and Whole Foods CEO John Mackey by Obama supporters, driven by organizations like Color For Change and UFCW, the food workers' union. Those boycotts have led to backlashes by supporters of Glenn Beck and John Mackey, which have since resulted in significant losses of customers for GEICO Insurance and Sargento Foods. Both companies withdrew from advertising on the Glenn Beck show at the behest of Color For Change, an African-American advocacy group with close ties to the White House. Now from Gateway Pundit comes the news that the National Tea Party Coalition is throwing its weight behind a "buycott" for Whole Foods scheduled for Tuesday, September 1st, encouraging all its members and the public to shop Whole Foods in moral and financial support of its embattled CEO, John Mackey:

Tea Party Patriot Gina Loudon in St. Louis is asking everyone to hang on to their grocery money until Tuesday, and we will provide sales circulars for people to shop with. Then we will have dinner together for those who want to stay after they shop. Anyone who cannot attend should SAVE THEIR RECEIPTS and mail them to Gina.

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1 posted on 08/30/2009 10:29:30 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: FrdmLvr

I’ll be sure to go there on Tuesday. We can’t afford to do our main shopping there, but we’ve been twice in the last couple of weeks because of this boycott from the lefties. We had never been there before.


2 posted on 08/30/2009 10:35:09 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: FrdmLvr

I think I’ll go on Monday instead. The parking lot is usually full, so on Tuesday I’m sure it will be on overload. One of my favorite stores!


3 posted on 08/30/2009 10:37:42 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: FrdmLvr

Rats, I have to shop tomorrow. I am sorry; Tuesday I cannot go there but tomorrow I can.


4 posted on 08/30/2009 10:38:35 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: FrdmLvr

wow.. I’m shopping tomorrow.


5 posted on 08/30/2009 10:39:45 PM PDT by Ancient Drive (And so I´m leaving ground - I leave the skylines of my life - I plough new lifelines in my skin)
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To: Yaelle

Well, then, I’ll see you there on Monday. ;)


6 posted on 08/30/2009 10:39:59 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: FrdmLvr

remember: they sell a lot more than just tofu and crunchy granola!


7 posted on 08/30/2009 10:43:36 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Obama acted stupidly...and that's after knowing all the facts.)
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8 posted on 08/30/2009 10:46:43 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: FrdmLvr

I wish we had one near here. Nice stores except the clientel is a bit iffy, but I hear that is getting better.


9 posted on 08/30/2009 10:47:03 PM PDT by JLS
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To: FrdmLvr

What a great idea. I sometimes go to the Whole Foods in Union Square in NYC, and I’ve always enjoyed the meat and produce I’ve bought there. I think I’ll participate in this.


10 posted on 08/30/2009 10:48:17 PM PDT by Rainbow Rising (Will the new government healthcare plan cover Obama fatigue?)
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To: I see my hands

Cool.


11 posted on 08/30/2009 10:50:13 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
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To: presently no screen name

OK; don’t forget your Whole Paycheck! LOL. I love that store but organic is ‘spensive. Still, we buy real foods and make them ourselves instead of packaged stuff, mostly.


12 posted on 08/30/2009 11:00:36 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: FrdmLvr

Boycott = Sept 1st

full cart = Sept 1st


13 posted on 08/30/2009 11:00:59 PM PDT by antiunion person (PALIN/COULTER 2012)
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To: FrdmLvr

Boycott = Sept 1st

full cart = Sept 1st


14 posted on 08/30/2009 11:01:09 PM PDT by antiunion person (PALIN/COULTER 2012)
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To: FrdmLvr
TY!

15 posted on 08/30/2009 11:05:53 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: FrdmLvr
I specifically went to Whole Foods and spent a ton of money in the days after the big controversy erupted. I explained to each clerk that I was impressed with their CEO’s position and that I was shopping to support his company for that reason....Not one clerk had any idea what I was talking about, I had to explain the entire situation to them!!!
16 posted on 08/30/2009 11:10:55 PM PDT by dianed
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To: FrdmLvr

I think they sell on Amazon in which case I will go buy a bunch of stuff from them.


17 posted on 08/30/2009 11:12:24 PM PDT by MarMema (Chains we can believe in)
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To: beaversmom

There’s a certain type of oatmeal that I’ve only found there. Guess Tuesday is the day to go get it!


18 posted on 08/30/2009 11:14:27 PM PDT by Christian4Bush ("A community organizer can't start bitching when communities organize." - Rush, 8/5/09)
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To: Christian4Bush

I’m getting some more of the Bolthouse Farms coffee drink. Wal-Mart no longer sells it.


19 posted on 08/30/2009 11:15:28 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: ari-freedom
remember: they sell a lot more than just tofu and crunchy granola!

Buycotters: tofu
Boycotters: STFU

20 posted on 08/30/2009 11:16:09 PM PDT by Christian4Bush ("A community organizer can't start bitching when communities organize." - Rush, 8/5/09)
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