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thenewgreen  ·  3923 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Whole Foods: America’s Temple of Pseudoscience.

    They're like the Vitamin Water of food stores.
Good analogy.

I almost always have a good experience at WF though. The staff is knowledgable and the place is easy to navigate and is well presented. Grocery shopping is something most people do on a weekly and sometimes daily basis. Why shouldn't people want to do it in a nice environment. For me, when I pay an extra 20% for the groceries there, it's for this as much as it is for the "quality" of the food.

One thing that is really annoying though is that when I check out I will often get asked if I would like to donate to the "whole earth foundation". The answer is always "no". I go there to get food, not to be pressured in to donating money. -I find it very annoying.