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Whole Foods Fight
New York Times ^ | August 17, 2009

Posted on 08/17/2009 2:44:02 PM PDT by reaganaut1

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To: Jedidah

I dont have a Whole Foods any near our place, but my sister does so I sent a couple of hundred to buy me some stuff.
Got to support this guy.


21 posted on 08/17/2009 3:41:56 PM PDT by pmac
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To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment

“More proof this issue has nothing to do with “lowering the cost of health care”. How can anyone who shops at Whole Foods complain about the cost of ANYTHING?”

So true!


22 posted on 08/17/2009 3:44:15 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: LiberConservative

I wish there were one within 50-100 miles of me (there isn’t.) I’d at least buy something small, like a ginger root or a package of yogurt starter. Wish they did mail order. I’d love to support them.


23 posted on 08/17/2009 3:45:45 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets." - Isaac Asimov)
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To: reaganaut1

Mackey’s ideas are sound and seem well thought out as opposed to the knee-jerk government solution the left supports. He’s a self-described lower-case “L” libertarian and these ideas are a whole lot better than the crap the democrats have come up with and mostly better than what the republicans have as well.


24 posted on 08/17/2009 3:55:35 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Buck Ofama!!)
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To: LiberConservative

The last time I was at Whole Foods, I was looking for a special type of cheese. I found it, but I saw so many people with Obama shirts it just grated on me. I put the cheese back and vowed not to go back. Maybe I’ll go back and get that cheese now being I won’t have to see those pesky people anymore.


25 posted on 08/17/2009 4:02:37 PM PDT by gloworm
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To: Tanniker Smith

Actually you are incorrect. They are actually given a small microchip in the lobe of the brain that controls intelligence and directs them to repeat satellite transmitted crap from the DNC.

If we can just isolate the frequency and jam it.....


26 posted on 08/17/2009 4:09:37 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Welcome to the USSA: United Socialist States of America: Bow to The Obama!)
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To: Fledermaus

This is why all the tinfoil is made from aluminum these days.


27 posted on 08/17/2009 4:51:54 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Obi-Wan Palin: Strike her down and she shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.)
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To: samadams2000
I would like to support the guy, but a store that charges $13 for a lb of sliced turkey should be avoided. Its not called Whole Check for nothing.

The meats and poultry at Whole Foods are worth the extra cost over traditional supermarket places like Star Market or Stop and Shop and their counterparts elsewhere. It's free ranging,not pumped up with hormones, and less fatty. It tastes better and is better for you.

28 posted on 08/17/2009 6:12:38 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts
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I hope that the liberals really do boycott Whole Foods as it would make my shopping experience there that much more pleasurable. But somehow, I can't imagine these limousine liberals trekking over to the Stop & Shop to get their daily dose of belgian endive and smelly French cheese. So I guess I'm going to be still stuck with that miserable, hairy, sandal-wearing crowd every Saturday morning as I fill my cart with Whole Food product.

This "Whole Paycheck" thing is a misnomer if you actually shop there for normal things. The produce and dairy sections are excellent and comparable in price to regular supermarkets - only the food is of much higher quality. Just stay away from the exotic yuppie stuff and keep away from the prepared food section and you should protect your wallet quite nicely. As a general rule, I avoid any product that brags on their labeling that 10% of their profits go to some "save the whale" or "feed starving children in Somalia" project and I do okay.

Also, any label that mentions "global warming" or "carbon credit offset" stays out of my basket as well. And when the cashier patronizingly asks me if I brought my own bags for the groceries to save on paper, I tell them no and then I'm sure to tell the bagger to double-bag my stuff.

29 posted on 08/17/2009 6:37:13 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 39 days away from outliving Judy Garland)
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