Disappointed with shopping at Whole Foods

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get all the hate on GMO foods. We have been selectively altering, splicing, and breeding plants since the dawn of civilization. That is genetic modification, just slower. I’d just as soon have scientists doing it selectively in a tested environment.

Yeah, Round up is great, ain't it?

Not all plants are engineered to be "Roundup Ready".

[Anonymous]

WF has gone downhill since the Amazon purchase. We used to rely on WF for the vegan bakery items. They have discontinued all of it minus the vegan croissant and a jelly-filled cookie. No blueberry muffins, cupcakes, donuts or chocolate chip cookies

[Anonymous]

We don’t like WF much for family groceries. Wegmans is a better fit for great produce and variety of healthy options.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like there's room for another "high end" grocery store to make up for what Whole Foods is lacking these days.

Texas has Central Market (by HEB)
California has Bristol Farms

Time for the east coast to get something.

[Anonymous]

I love Whole Foods and Amazon has only further optimized it for me. If they sold Bounty paper towels and Cottonelle TP it would be perfect. This is one of the advantages of being a basic b!8ch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GMOs save lives. Thank God for GMO rice in Bangladesh.

Yes, thank God rice farmers have to pay and pay and pay and pay and pay unto perpetuity for something they used to be able to collect themselves, for generation upon generation before GMO "saved" them: seeds.

[Anonymous]

I just went to Whole Foods (to return some Amazon items) for the first time in quite a while. Maybe I'm just over being let down, but it wasn't as bad as it was right after it was bought out by Amazon. The staff is way less helpful and polite than they used to be, and they were out of some items -- organic broccoli, really?? and celery hearts, and the celery they did have was practically white, not even green -- but overall, it wasn't bad.

I spent $200 and got a lot of groceries, unusual for Whole Foods. I was pleased.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:whole foods has really gone downhill since the amazon purchase. even more so recently. it’s disappointing.

Yup to all that. Plus, Amazon treats its workers like crap. The upside: I get a lot more of our food from farmers markets and shop at or order from other sources. Also, in general, I order practically zero from Amazon.

[Anonymous]

A note OP, you looked for recycling info. Most plastic is not recyclable and will go on to harm animals and break down into microplastics which is harmful to human health. Whole Foods is a massive producer of single-use plastic and should take steps to reduce it. As we all should.

[Anonymous]

WF was ok then amazon took over and ruined everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The recent forms of GMO are safe, and completely fine to eat, OP. I avoid artificial sweeteners, preservatives, colors, etc, but GMO is OK. Unrelated to food, but when the time comes, please welcome the use of genetically-modified mosquitoes in your area so that incidences of mosquito-borne diseases can be limited.

- research scientist in biology.

Yuck gmo, just because you think it’s fine doesn’t mean most people want to eat that disgusting crap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like there's room for another "high end" grocery store to make up for what Whole Foods is lacking these days.

Texas has Central Market (by HEB)
California has Bristol Farms

Time for the east coast to get something.

We have one. Wegman’s. The one near the Cathedral should be opening any day now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The recent forms of GMO are safe, and completely fine to eat, OP. I avoid artificial sweeteners, preservatives, colors, etc, but GMO is OK. Unrelated to food, but when the time comes, please welcome the use of genetically-modified mosquitoes in your area so that incidences of mosquito-borne diseases can be limited.

- research scientist in biology.

“GMO is OK”. But GMO is not just one type of food being modified one way, it’s many types of foods being modified in many different ways. For a scientist, aren’t you making a rather sweeping generalization? No concerns about possible long term effects of even a few gmo foods? No comments on why the EU has a very different—much more restrictive— stance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just went to Whole Foods (to return some Amazon items) for the first time in quite a while. Maybe I'm just over being let down, but it wasn't as bad as it was right after it was bought out by Amazon. The staff is way less helpful and polite than they used to be, and they were out of some items -- organic broccoli, really?? and celery hearts, and the celery they did have was practically white, not even green -- but overall, it wasn't bad.

I spent $200 and got a lot of groceries, unusual for Whole Foods. I was pleased.

Just wanted to update the post above. I threw a package of stir-fry beef in the freezer when we got home and finally used it. It was DISGUSTING. Almost inedible. It was stew meat sliced thin. At least you cook stew meat to death. Not stir fry though. Literally leftover scraps of garbage meat like tendons and gristle that should have been thrown away but was packaged and sold instead. NOT what I expect from Whole Foods. Incredibly disappointed that I paid for garbage.

[Anonymous]

Not loving WF the way I used to. I also am not crazy about the Wegman's produce these days. I keep going back to Lidl- I really like their produce (though not as big a selection) and I spend a lot less. Only drawback is bagging- the cashiers are lightening fast and I can't keep up with bagging the stuff....