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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 07:53 PM Original message |
Whole Foods promotes local buying |
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Quakerfriend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, I hope this means that Whole Foods is getting real. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Still at vastly inflated prices, though. |
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Robson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I'm in favor of buying Made in America and paying more for the quality |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I agree completely. |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. WF also labels foods to assure buyers they aren't genetically modified |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. I agree. I can afford very little these days, but I don't skimp on food |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Have you checked Gluten free? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I went gluten free for over a year |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. yes, way overpriced |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Maybe it's just our location, but here in NYC, the Whole Foods house brand products |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Actually a recent study comparing prices.. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 12:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. bs |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 02:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Especially butter. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 12:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. I agree |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Sad but true |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Our local Whole Foods' "staff-to-customer ratio" is at least twice that of other local grocers. |
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michaelwb (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Yes thank you |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. I want unregulated food from China made by communists with care... |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Because the only choices are China or Whole Foods? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. This and other stories like |
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dalloway (744 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. we can all thank Michael Pollan for putting pressure on |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm in the process of writing a paper on this very subject |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Watch this Pollan lecture too |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Actually I have |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. I read an article in Time magazine recently about this subject. |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Local is nice, but not necessarily good for the environment |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yay for WF. That said, I still get the bulk of my produce these days |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I second the farmer's market suggestion |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. Only in CA is there competition, a place called Traitor Vic's or something. |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It's called Trader Joe's, and their foods are either the organic type |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I love Trader Joe's. The prices are reasonable and the frozen food |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 02:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. And the $2.99 wines! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Trader Vic's is a bar. Good pina coladas. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 12:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. No, I was speaking of TRAITOR Vic's. |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. Great, less to worry about tainted food from China. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
33. "with gas and oil getting more expensive" |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
36. Eating local is good for your health |
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