I wonder if the quality of other things will change, though. I only shop at the one in town because of their ridiculously good cheese and charcuterie area, their olive bar, etc. For real food, it’s the Asian veggie/farm stand or Publix.
It is so ridiculously expensive, agreed.
Absolutely quailty will change. And staff will be cut and i doubt they will keep the healthy living plans consulting for employees.
I can’t see how the Whole Foods environment translates to shopping online. One can’t help but suspect its main function will be to take enough business away from other local health food stores to drive them out of business.
I go to one Whole Foids in October because they carry Holiday grapes
No fooling, a true Whole Foods experience of mine follows...
One Saturday, I woke up way too early and at the same time had an urge for a Saturday afternoon of leisurely watching football with some wine, cheese and French bread. Weird I know, no beer, but there you go.
So, I drove a couple of miles to Whole Foods, picked out a nice red and the fresh baked French bread with the final area the cheese corner of the store. Here, I had no idea what to do, wondered around a bit before asking a girl working behind the counter for some advice for a cheese. She mentioned several, none of which I had any experience with. Next though, she offered me some samples and I tried several. The surprise came when she said that I couldn't properly gage the cheese without some wine so produced a bottle of red from behind the counter and poured us both a paper cup of wine. What a very pleasant time drinking wine, nice cheese and good conversation. Spent way too much on cheese but what the heck. LOL...
Wonder if Amazon can sustain that level of customer service? Hope so!