Who actually buys all of the fresh seafood out of the case at Whole Foods?

[Anonymous]

I love Whole Foods and shop there like twice a week. Their seafood case is gorgeous and clean, with a massive selection, lots of varieties of whole fish. I honestly rarely see anyone actually buying anything outside of salmon filet once in a while. All of that fish, shrimp, oysters, etc. is super perishable once its in the case, right? So who is buying it?

[Anonymous]

I do. Sometimes I buy whole fish there. Mussels, oysters, scallops. They use a lot of the fish in their prepared foods section

[Anonymous]

I buy shrimp once or twice a week. Scallops whenever they're on sale.

[Anonymous]

Ha! I was just wondering this about the prepared foods section at Whole Foods as I stood there waiting for my deli meat to be sliced today.

It's A LOT of food. Do they sell that much?

[Anonymous]

I buy it. More in the summer when I grill a lot but some during this time of year.

[Anonymous]

I'm impressed if that many people are buying whole fish super regularly. Whole fish is so intimidating to me.

[Anonymous]

Their crab cakes are actually really good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha! I was just wondering this about the prepared foods section at Whole Foods as I stood there waiting for my deli meat to be sliced today.

It's A LOT of food. Do they sell that much?

Are you referring to the prepared food in the cold case the deli workers have to get for you? It's only like $13 for a protein + two sides. It's actually incredibly cheap, especially if you get a seafood like salmon filet or shrimp -- and sometimes they have medium rare steak!

I've personally never bought any of the hot prepared food or salad in that self-serve area.

[Anonymous]

I do. We buy fish once a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha! I was just wondering this about the prepared foods section at Whole Foods as I stood there waiting for my deli meat to be sliced today.

It's A LOT of food. Do they sell that much?

I went to a Harris Teeter once when they were closing up the prepared foods/salad bar. There was a ton of food there. An employee lined a shopping cart with a heavy duty garbage bag and methodically dumped every bin out.

[Anonymous]

We buy fish. I see a line there most times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha! I was just wondering this about the prepared foods section at Whole Foods as I stood there waiting for my deli meat to be sliced today.

It's A LOT of food. Do they sell that much?

I guess it depends on where you live but in Arlington, where there’s a lot of Young single professionals, the prepared food case is very often depleted! I myself buy some of it so we have cooked salmon or chicken to put on salads for lunches during the week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ha! I was just wondering this about the prepared foods section at Whole Foods as I stood there waiting for my deli meat to be sliced today.

It's A LOT of food. Do they sell that much?

Are you referring to the prepared food in the cold case the deli workers have to get for you? It's only like $13 for a protein + two sides. It's actually incredibly cheap, especially if you get a seafood like salmon filet or shrimp -- and sometimes they have medium rare steak!

I've personally never bought any of the hot prepared food or salad in that self-serve area.

Every time I eat all the hot bar I get diarrhea! Never again.

[Anonymous]

I buy quite a bit of seafood from WF, more than just salmon. We buy shrimp, lobster tails, and all kinds of fish.

[Anonymous]

I buy the sea bass. It’s great!