Do you shop at While Foods?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I misread this as White Foods!

I once went to a pop up restaurant that was nothing but white colored foods. It was so strange and psychologically everything just tasted kinda bland.

I dislike a few white foods like mayo, but I know a woman with a pathological fear of them. Mayo, yogurt, cream cheese, etc. she just gags.

Not joking, I know women who were victims of childhood sexual abuse with similar phobias.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to eat healthy organic food and find WF so overpriced! How can anyone reasonably shop there?

Costco now sells more organic food than WF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I misread this as White Foods!

I once went to a pop up restaurant that was nothing but white colored foods. It was so strange and psychologically everything just tasted kinda bland.

I dislike a few white foods like mayo, but I know a woman with a pathological fear of them. Mayo, yogurt, cream cheese, etc. she just gags.

Not joking, I know women who were victims of childhood sexual abuse with similar phobias.

That's so sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I misread this as White Foods!

I once went to a pop up restaurant that was nothing but white colored foods. It was so strange and psychologically everything just tasted kinda bland.

I dislike a few white foods like mayo, but I know a woman with a pathological fear of them. Mayo, yogurt, cream cheese, etc. she just gags.

Not joking, I know women who were victims of childhood sexual abuse with similar phobias.

That's so sad.

I know a woman like that too, I just didn't want to take the thread there. Its pretty common for women who were sexually abused as children by men to have this phobia. I think the reason is pretty obvious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I want to eat healthy organic food and find WF so overpriced! How can anyone reasonably shop there?

Costco now sells more organic food than WF.

Do you mean larger quantities? Our family can't finish 5lbs of blueberries, so we don't get organic food from Costco. But if yours can, it's a good idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to eat healthy organic food and find WF so overpriced! How can anyone reasonably shop there?

Costco now sells more organic food than WF.

Do you mean larger quantities? Our family can't finish 5lbs of blueberries, so we don't get organic food from Costco. But if yours can, it's a good idea.

do you have a freezer? I freeze alot of the produce (fyi, blueberries were in less than 2 lb packages) and then use mixed in yogurt/smoothies. Great prices on chicken/grassfed beef and milk too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I want to eat healthy organic food and find WF so overpriced! How can anyone reasonably shop there?

Costco now sells more organic food than WF.

Really? Which Costco. We are near pentagon but all they have is ultrapasturized organic milk and some lettuce last time we were there. Org fruit? Broccoli? Etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to eat healthy organic food and find WF so overpriced! How can anyone reasonably shop there?

Costco now sells more organic food than WF.

Do you mean larger quantities? Our family can't finish 5lbs of blueberries, so we don't get organic food from Costco. But if yours can, it's a good idea.

My kids could finish 5 lb of blueberries in one sitting. Nectar of the gods.

[Anonymous]

I do. We buy exclusively organic so it is much more convenient for me to shop there then multiple stores with a smaller organic selection. Their 365 brand is affordable and I find a lot of the items I buy are price comparable to what I would find elsewhere, even online. I still check online for items we use a lot of. You can buy items in bulk for a 10% discount which is good for items you use a lot of.
We also use an organic CSA. The produce is amazing and fresh and gets us to try some new things.
They have a coupon book and I pay attention to their sales as well.
I don't buy pre-cut produce or prepared foods because they are so much more expensive. We splurge on certain items and save on others. We don't eat meat so that helps costs as well.

[Anonymous]

I only buy there what I can't get at regular market or TJs.

[Anonymous]

I shop there and spend about $40-55 a week for myself and a preschooler-breakfast/lunch/dinner for me and breakfast/dinner for her. I do buy some staples at a cheaper store, but WF is closest to home and I don't have a car.

Breakfasts:
cereal/old fashioned oatmeal w/ frozen blueberries
toast with avocado
(last week it was all smoothies)

Lunches for me
big salads with bulgar/beans/tofu
leftovers

Dinners
black beans and couscous with broccoli
tomato pie with brussels sprouts
pasta with basil/collards pesto for me/ plain noodles and broc for her
homemade pizza

snacks
homemade muffins
raspberries (our big splurge)
froot loops (on sale at CVS)

for me the tricks to not spending too much at WH are buying little/no meat, very little prepared/single serving stuff, always comparing the price per pound of the fruits and veg.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to eat healthy organic food and find WF so overpriced! How can anyone reasonably shop there?

So go to TJ's/Costco/MOM's or join a CSA. This isn't exactly rocket science.

CSAs are a crap shoot and depend on whether or not they will want their crops when its hot like it is now. We did a CSA for 3 years and got tired of either getting a ton of the same thing for weeks (one time it was all peaches) or having our food rot on the porch because it came from the farm with pests. I would go to TJ's and call it a day.

This makes me happy and sad I've never joined a CSA. I would love a load of peaches, but that's a bummer about the pests. Ugh. I could not deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to eat healthy organic food and find WF so overpriced! How can anyone reasonably shop there?

So go to TJ's/Costco/MOM's or join a CSA. This isn't exactly rocket science.

CSAs are a crap shoot and depend on whether or not they will want their crops when its hot like it is now. We did a CSA for 3 years and got tired of either getting a ton of the same thing for weeks (one time it was all peaches) or having our food rot on the porch because it came from the farm with pests. I would go to TJ's and call it a day.

This makes me happy and sad I've never joined a CSA. I would love a load of peaches, but that's a bummer about the pests. Ugh. I could not deal.

I wouldn't write off CSAs based on one person's experience. We had a CSA with a place and it was never bad. We moved and started with a new farm and it is some of the best food I have ever eaten in my entire life - it is so delicious! I would ask on your neighborhood listserv for recommendations or look into different options. Finding the a farm that works for you (what produce can you expect, does the pick up/delivery day/time work for you, etc) can affect your experience. Some CSAs let you commit to a smaller portion of the season or are also at farmer's markets where you can try to visit them and get an idea of the quality of produce.
I love getting our box and trying new recipes with our CSA produce.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I shop there and spend about $40-55 a week for myself and a preschooler-breakfast/lunch/dinner for me and breakfast/dinner for her. I do buy some staples at a cheaper store, but WF is closest to home and I don't have a car.

Breakfasts:
cereal/old fashioned oatmeal w/ frozen blueberries
toast with avocado
(last week it was all smoothies)

Lunches for me
big salads with bulgar/beans/tofu
leftovers

Dinners
black beans and couscous with broccoli
tomato pie with brussels sprouts
pasta with basil/collards pesto for me/ plain noodles and broc for her
homemade pizza

snacks
homemade muffins
raspberries (our big splurge)
froot loops (on sale at CVS)

for me the tricks to not spending too much at WH are buying little/no meat, very little prepared/single serving stuff, always comparing the price per pound of the fruits and veg.

Are you kidding? You serve her fruit loops???

[Anonymous]

Yes, I shop at whole foods, and I enjoy it.