Anonymous
10/06/2023 14:32
Subject: Re:Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
You no longer have to shop at Whole Foods to establish your liberal bona fides.
Anonymous
10/06/2023 14:24
Subject: Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
Don't get me started on avocados!
Anonymous
10/06/2023 14:19
Subject: Re:Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
Anonymous wrote:WF is our closest grocery store so there's a convenience factor, but I agree with others that for staples like produce, pasta, dairy items, canned goods, etc., they are the same or sometimes cheaper than other stores, especially if you get a Prime discount and shop their in-house brand.
For overall cost efficiency, though, Trader Joe's wins. It's a bit further for us but it's my first choice store in terms of money. I also like the experience of shopping at TJs because I actually like having fewer choices for things. It makes shopping for efficient. There are some things at TJs where the quality is low and I will make an effort to go elsewhere. But like I used to consider their produce and meat to be sub-par, but now it's about as good as anywhere else, which just speaks to the overall decline in quality everywhere.
To me the store that has become the biggest ripoff is Harris Teeter. We used to go there regularly in order to by certain name brand stuff we can't get at WF or TJs -- certain cereals, condiments, chips or crackers that the other stores don't sell. But now that's the ONLY reason we go there and often we just buy the store brand at TJs and call it a day. Harris Teeter will run sales but you often have to by like 4-5 of something to get the discounted price, which isn't even that good. And on non-sale items, they are regularly more expensive than Whole Foods. I think milk might be only staple where I feel like HT regularly has the lowest price.
So while WF sucks in many ways, it doesn't suck more than other grocery stores for the most part. Grocery shopping generally is a misery these days.
I, too, go to WF a lot — because it’s a short walk away. I, too, enjoy TJs — and the quality and prices for the cheeses, butter / Kerrygold butter, milk, eggs, and nuts, are worth a special trip once or twice a month. OP
Anonymous
10/06/2023 13:30
Subject: Re:Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
Amazon has ruined Whole Foods. Period.
Anonymous
10/06/2023 13:23
Subject: Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
Just for consideration, the complaints about peaches and mandarins are not really fair. those things are out of season. What did you expect?
Anonymous
10/06/2023 12:22
Subject: Re:Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
WF is our closest grocery store so there's a convenience factor, but I agree with others that for staples like produce, pasta, dairy items, canned goods, etc., they are the same or sometimes cheaper than other stores, especially if you get a Prime discount and shop their in-house brand.
For overall cost efficiency, though, Trader Joe's wins. It's a bit further for us but it's my first choice store in terms of money. I also like the experience of shopping at TJs because I actually like having fewer choices for things. It makes shopping for efficient. There are some things at TJs where the quality is low and I will make an effort to go elsewhere. But like I used to consider their produce and meat to be sub-par, but now it's about as good as anywhere else, which just speaks to the overall decline in quality everywhere.
To me the store that has become the biggest ripoff is Harris Teeter. We used to go there regularly in order to by certain name brand stuff we can't get at WF or TJs -- certain cereals, condiments, chips or crackers that the other stores don't sell. But now that's the ONLY reason we go there and often we just buy the store brand at TJs and call it a day. Harris Teeter will run sales but you often have to by like 4-5 of something to get the discounted price, which isn't even that good. And on non-sale items, they are regularly more expensive than Whole Foods. I think milk might be only staple where I feel like HT regularly has the lowest price.
So while WF sucks in many ways, it doesn't suck more than other grocery stores for the most part. Grocery shopping generally is a misery these days.
For overall cost efficiency, though, Trader Joe's wins. It's a bit further for us but it's my first choice store in terms of money. I also like the experience of shopping at TJs because I actually like having fewer choices for things. It makes shopping for efficient. There are some things at TJs where the quality is low and I will make an effort to go elsewhere. But like I used to consider their produce and meat to be sub-par, but now it's about as good as anywhere else, which just speaks to the overall decline in quality everywhere.
To me the store that has become the biggest ripoff is Harris Teeter. We used to go there regularly in order to by certain name brand stuff we can't get at WF or TJs -- certain cereals, condiments, chips or crackers that the other stores don't sell. But now that's the ONLY reason we go there and often we just buy the store brand at TJs and call it a day. Harris Teeter will run sales but you often have to by like 4-5 of something to get the discounted price, which isn't even that good. And on non-sale items, they are regularly more expensive than Whole Foods. I think milk might be only staple where I feel like HT regularly has the lowest price.
So while WF sucks in many ways, it doesn't suck more than other grocery stores for the most part. Grocery shopping generally is a misery these days.
Anonymous
10/06/2023 12:16
Subject: Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
Anonymous wrote:Here's my complaint about Whole Foods: their deli department is terrible. Customer service is slow, they pick who they want to help, they do half of what you want, etc.
Yes their deli is the worst. No one ever seems to be working at it. Also- They don’t have proper machines and they can’t slice the meat and cheese thin. And if you don’t know this, and ask them to cut it thin? Well they just scowl as if you asked them to do something outside of their job description.
Anonymous
10/06/2023 12:13
Subject: Re:Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why do people even shop there anymore? It’s ridiculously expensive for what you get.
Myth. It's about the same for staples and the produce is fresher than the typical Giant.
I spent some time during the pandemic checking the prices against Safeway, and they were always identical for anything in a box or the same produce (eg a pint of blueberries). The meat and prepared foods are more expensive but also better.
I get 5% off with my prime card so it’s not more expensive except that I tend to buy some fancy stuff. But the prices of the same goods are the same.
Anonymous
10/06/2023 12:10
Subject: Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
I love Whole Foods.
OP if you’re paying for your groceries with cash, you have a right to do that but I think you should expect it to take more time. More customers are happy to be able to buzz around you to the robots than are unhappy to wait to pay cash. That’s just the market.
My only complaint about my Whole Foods is that certain things are often out of stock. But there’s almost always an alternate brand of the same or similar thing so I’m just being picky.
It’s too late for peaches.
OP if you’re paying for your groceries with cash, you have a right to do that but I think you should expect it to take more time. More customers are happy to be able to buzz around you to the robots than are unhappy to wait to pay cash. That’s just the market.
My only complaint about my Whole Foods is that certain things are often out of stock. But there’s almost always an alternate brand of the same or similar thing so I’m just being picky.
It’s too late for peaches.
Anonymous
10/06/2023 11:56
Subject: Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
My two Whole Foods in the Baltimore suburbs never have the problems people are talking about on here. The biggest complaint I have is that sometimes I can't get the large size container of blueberries.
Maybe the problem is urban Whole Foods, which might be stocked differently. And maybe runs out of food more quickly, so you're left with the last of the produce.
Maybe the problem is urban Whole Foods, which might be stocked differently. And maybe runs out of food more quickly, so you're left with the last of the produce.
Anonymous
10/06/2023 09:29
Subject: Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
Anonymous wrote:I had two bags of stale terra chips from Wegmans that I had to return. It’s not like this isn’t an issue elsewhere.
I do think quality is declining across the board- I go to Trader Joe's frequently because it's convenient but the last few months stuff is simply not fresh- slimy carrots, spinach smelling funky the minute you open the bag, cottage cheese going bad within a couple days of opening. Meat has been ok but we don't buy a ton of meat to begin with. Costco is usually dependable but DH brought home a container of strawberries last week that were wet and moldy upon opening.
Wegmans I'm not sure if it's an issue with the regional distribution center or what- when I am at my parents in western NY the produce section is always well stocked and fresh, whereas my closest local Wegmans is often out of stock of items or just looks past their prime already.
Anonymous
10/06/2023 09:01
Subject: Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
I had two bags of stale terra chips from Wegmans that I had to return. It’s not like this isn’t an issue elsewhere.
Anonymous
10/05/2023 23:29
Subject: Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
HUGE complaint here. I returned several amazon purchases to Whole Foods that were scanned and placed into bags. Now I am getting emails from Amazon that they never received the items. I don't have a receipt! I have no recourse because I can't prove I returned the items. Lesson learned. Insist on a receipt.
Anonymous
10/05/2023 23:25
Subject: Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Meat quality has gone down everywhere.
Peaches are out of season, so that's why.
Lettuce and strawberries are finicky everywhere most of the time.
That said I do not shop at WF. We go Giant and TJs and Costco and are happy with it.
Entirely agree, but morons always want to stick it to Whole Foods, Amazon, Bezos, etc, so any excuse is good.
The bolded is true, but there's no question that whole foods has gotten worse, at least in all the DC stores.
Anonymous
10/05/2023 21:47
Subject: Just venting: Whole Foods complaints
Anonymous wrote:Meat quality has gone down everywhere.
Peaches are out of season, so that's why.
Lettuce and strawberries are finicky everywhere most of the time.
That said I do not shop at WF. We go Giant and TJs and Costco and are happy with it.
Entirely agree, but morons always want to stick it to Whole Foods, Amazon, Bezos, etc, so any excuse is good.