Toodles, Whole Foods

noisy_penguin · August 2009

[url]http://www.americablog.com/2009/08/whole-foods-comes-out-against-health.html[/url]

jbloom · August 2009

oh fnck.

katie.i.do · August 2009

i just heard about the owner's surprising political persuasion. Such a contrast to so much of his clientele. Good business move fella.

MadameS · August 2009

wowzer. i see hemp anklets and birkenstocks rapidly walking away from his cart corrals.

BobLoblaw · August 2009

a diet consisting of foods that are plant-based, nutrient dense and low-fat FROM WHOLE FOODS! At only $6/pound. Gee, what are people complaining about?I've always had a love/hate with Whole Foods anyway but this seals it. What a dbag. Sucks though because they do carry certain brands and products you can't find elsewhere. This is why I miss Wegmans.

SarahBethBR · August 2009

Well crap.Mo, I bet a big portion of the clientele (at least at my whole foods) agrees with him, to be honest. They just shop there as a status symbol.

MadameS · August 2009

good point, SB. We've got one in the upscale, money side of town, and then another WH that is closer to a more liberal neighborhood.

AngieP900 · August 2009

Our WH is also in a hoighty area. Fortunately 2 blocks away is a HUGE supermarket that is local and rivals them something fierce.

KristenBtobe · August 2009

Jerk. The only thing I buy regularly there is nitrite free bacon and coffee.

Novemberrocks · August 2009

This sucks, man. I really like WF and now I'm going to have to stop shopping there. Goodbye, two-bite brownies...oh, how I'll miss you.

KristenBtobe · August 2009

I suspect that if we boycotted all businesses that had owners with personal poitical views that disagreed with ours, we'd had a hard time shopping. So true.

MamaKin · August 2009

i live not even a 1/2 mile from one, and we love(d) riding bikes to get dinner stuffs. good, your stupid organic shiit is too expensive anyway. i will miss the samples though....

mrs.R.tobe · August 2009

What kind of dinner stuffs did you buy? Do you have a little basket on your bike?

salimoo · August 2009

WORD, Fallin. Plus it's well-known that John Mackey is a lunatic. I'll keep shopping there.

ftnups · August 2009

Thank you as usual fallin. gd. Boycotting a business because the CEO has the gall to disagree with you on a matter of political policy?! I mean, I don't care where anyone shops or why they shop there but what about a little freaking tolerance for different points of view? You would think this guy said poor sick people should be thrown in the streets and left to die.

GroomzMcFinehiney · August 2009

I will certainly not be shopping at whole foods any time soon. And this may or may not be realted to the utter lack of Whole Foods stores in my area. But still, I don't need no Maverick loving, Sarah Palin sounding, Ann Coulter looking, Hannity watching organic food pushers telling me how delicious their treats are. NO SIR!

katie.i.do · August 2009

just to play devil's advocate, many many conservatives LOVE boycotting products because of the political affiliation of the owners. Anyone remember when so many people switched to Hunt's ketchup because they were so up in arms about John Kerry and Teresa Heinz-Kerry? I do because I have relatives who did it, and probably still do.For me personally this is a moot point because i never shopped at whole foods, it's just not convenient to where I live in comparison to many of its competitors. But there will be people who will be swayed.

FallinAgain · August 2009

just to play devil's advocate, many many conservatives LOVE boycotting products because of the political affiliation of the owners. Anyone remember when so many people switched to Hunt's ketchup because they were so up in arms about John Kerry and Teresa Heinz-Kerry?And didn't all the liberals laugh at the absurdity of it?

KristenBtobe · August 2009

True, Katie. I wonder if conservatives are still boycotting Disney for their gay-friendly policies.

AngieP900 · August 2009

They sure did. My friends father works for ConAgra foods and was very excited because everyone was buying Hunts. I currently boycott Whole Foods. But this is due to the distance and the fact that an apple is like $6.

pdxmouse · August 2009

Except that WF has also aggressively blocked unions and engaged in sketchy biz practices. Plus there's the whole raw milk thing, which I just think is irresponsible and based on (willful?) misinformation. It's not a store I feel overwhelmingly comfortable with.

salimoo · August 2009

We don't do our regular shopping at WFM by far but we get a lot of produce there, sometimes meat if Stop and Shop's looks particularly grody, the cookies in their bakery can't be matched, and their price on Popcorn, Indiana White Cheddar Popcorn is cheaper than S&S, so we'll get that too while we're there. And we'll continue doing so.

ftnups · August 2009

So you want to come off like all those conservatives boycotting Disney and Heinz ketchup? I don't see how that is devils advocate as much as "oh huh they did it first."

BobLoblaw · August 2009

The last quote is the one I take great issue with. Yes we should ALL be able to live into our 100s if we eat nutritious, wholesome foods...sold at gargantuan markup by HIS company. Surely eating organic fruits at $5.99/lb will solve all our ailments. Please.

FallinAgain · August 2009

Business blocking unions are shady; unions are often shady. Shadiness all around. What is the raw milk business?

salimoo · August 2009

I think WFM blocking unions and, say, Walmart blocking unions are two totally different things. I've known a lot of WFM employees and I can't think of one who has complained of mistreatment. They have some of the best benefits around for PT work in particular and they don't yank people around on the PT/FT line, like so many supermarkets do (here, work 36 hours, but whoops, you're not entirely full time! Can't work that much? How about 6 hours a week?)Note: I have never worked for WFM but have several friends, including my husband, who have been both PT and FT at different stores.

pdxmouse · August 2009

Not only that Bob, but some of that nutrition advice could kill you.

GroomzMcFinehiney · August 2009

Please tell me stories about raw milk.

BobLoblaw · August 2009

Just the phrase "raw milk" makes me nauseous.

FallinAgain · August 2009

Yes we should ALL be able to live into our 100s if we eat nutritious, wholesome foods...sold at gargantuan markup by HIS company. Surely eating organic fruits at $5.99/lb will solve all our ailments. Please.I'm not sure I understand the issue here. I think it's fairly undisputely that we would all be much healthy is we ate more fruits and veggies. Businesses are meant to make profits. It's better than eating high fructose corn syrup sold at gargantuan markup by Pepsico or Sara Lee. It's perhaps self-serving, but the point is legit.

GroomzMcFinehiney · August 2009

Generally, word of a company trying to block unions makes me more inclined to sodomize them. I mean patronize. Patronize.

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