Comments on: Whole Foods Market: “We Sell A Bunch of Junk…”

By: Jackie

Jackie — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:57:29 +0000

I went the rounds a while back with WF over the way ultra-pasteurized dairy has taken over their shelves. Their answer was totally unsatisfactory – the time they bothered to reply – and just what you’d expect.

I also am a bit concerned as to their definition of ‘healthy’.

By: Cathy Payne

Cathy Payne — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:44:02 +0000

Charles, this is a great article and you articulate my feelings as well. We tracked down an employee recently complaining about the canola oil in all of the prepared foods. I just refuse to buy them. At least he demonstrated to me that they use organic oil, not GM, but that does not make the product any healthier or more digestible. We shop Whole Foods for items we don’t get from our farmers. They do have some local and some organic choices and are getting more meat from farmers using sustainable methods. That is more than our other local groceries. I shudder to see Truvia on the shelves and walls of agave “nectar.” But as a wise consumer I can make my choices. I’m glad they are in the neighborhood. It will be interesting what kind of changes occur.

By: Pogonia

Pogonia — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:57:57 +0000

We don’t have a WFM here but I’ve always been interested in trying one. It’ll be interesting to see the changes.

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:59:28 +0000

Kristen – Excellent point! John Mackey has recently shunned olive oil as unhealthy. The next few months will be interesting.

Dina – We buy most of our food at a small local organic outfit whose prices are usually much lower than Whole Foods; example — 1/2 gallon of Organic Pastures Raw Milk is $9.99 at Whole Foods, only 6.99 at the smaller place, Mother’s Market. We are happy that Mother’s Market is thriving!

Charles

By: dina

dina — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:45:52 +0000

We don’t go to Whole Foods any longer. Here in our town they have taken part in some pretty underhanded tactics to undermine smaller, independent stores – who, honestly, do the whole “whole foods” thing better than WFM ever dreamed of doing.

We had a dawning of realization about a year ago after leaving a WFM in town that we were leaving the store totally stressed out – just like when we’re in a traditional market! We then visited the smaller – but in our new confirmed time and again opinion – New Season’s Market we realized we relaxed – we felt like we were at home!

That did it. We just decided no more WFM! I hope for the sake of the many who walk in the door assuming everything is a-okay for you there that they do clean up their act a bit!

By: FoodRenegade

FoodRenegade — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:40:52 +0000

Love this post! I’d be afraid of what gets labeled as junk. Clearly refined flours and sugars need to go. But there are other foods I think of as quite healthy that politically-correct nutrition would argue against (coconut oil, anyone?).

Thanks for sharing this in today’s Fight Back Friday carnival.

Cheers,
~KristenM
(AKA FoodRenegade)