In Cali we have Trader Joes, which I call Hippie-Mart.
While it does have good, interesting food choices available, and the stores are clean, the staff friendly- many of their customers have a a sort of hippie vibe to them, and would probably react the same way the people in this article did if Sweet Home Alabama played there after the election.
Good article.
Well I’ve been to both Trader Joe’s (TJ’s) and Whole Foods (WF) and I experience a world of difference. First of all, TJ’s is owned by a German company, but they know how to run a good company as TJ’s is ranked #20 in the U.S. as the best place to work, and the atmosphere evidences that. People seem happy and the food is great. We live in AZ so our TJ’s has employees and customers who love Trump and are not stuck in hippiedom.
WF on the other hand seems dour, unfriendly, and very hippie-ish - the same vibe I get from Sprouts. I go to TJ’s all the time here and love it - they have menu and cheese samples and wine tasting every day. It’s almost like a destination here. I never go to WF and rarely to Sprouts.
However, I’ll have to see if they ever play “Sweet Home” - they’re always playing old pop songs - usually pretty good music.