I was so disappointed when Boulder Based Alfalfa's was bought out by Wild Oats and disgusted when Whole Foods bought out Wild Oats. Our local Alfalfa's (the original at Arapahoe and Broadway) was a real neighborhood store with many long term employees and a community first attitude. I don't see this at the Whole (paycheck) Foods of today.

The point of boycotts is to change company policies we find objectionable, not the idiosyncratic personal beliefs of the CEO. Why should I punish Whole Foods' employees, who are apparently quite happy with the benefits and treatment they receive, simply because John Mackey wrote an idiotic op-ed in the WSJ?

I am spoiled by having many locally-owned options for organic produce/groceries. As it happens, I would have to go out of my way to shop at one of several Whole Foods in my region (SF Bay Area) and I haven't done so for several years.

Used to be a regular at Whole Foods. There was a woman that I had met several times at concerts. Young, super intelligent.

I was in Whole Foods one day and she came up to me and said "Why are buying this crap, Safeway has the same things, but cheaper, we use the same suppliers, etc."

She was the store manager.

Never set foot in the scam of Whole Foods again.

She later managed another "organic" food store that was part of a growing chain and she told me the same thing about this new chain. Can't remember the name. Single word.

In addition, they devote a lot of shelf space in their stores to selling their customers water labelled as medicine.

If you're in Chicago, it's a good idea to look and see if they've got a UFCW sticker on the front door. I like the idea of my cashier actuallly having things like health care.

In other words, just go to Jewel or Dominicks. Judging by price and quality alone, it looks like the union people are delivering a better product.

I can't afford Whole Paycheck, so I guess I've been boycotting them...forever!

My local Kroger just got a big-ass UFCW sticker on the front door, so I kinda like shopping there. I've also cut down on using the self-scan stations, because I realized they're just a way to eliminate more jobs, and besides, I like chit-chatting with the checker.

OK. My wife has been staying away from Whole Foods ever since she first heard about the whole anti-EFCA thing (in bad with Wal-Mart; they gotta be bad!). But if we stay outta WF, then our only choice is our local food co-op, which doesn't have the full range of stuff we can find at WF. And don't tell me to shop the organic items at our big chain stores, either, because those bad boys are so dirty with anti-unionism, big-ag, and all the rest that I feel slimed just driving past.

Let's face it: in 21st Century Amerika we simply don't have enough "pure" choices to live the good life. What's a body to do?

Face it, most Americans couldn't give a crap how well workers are treated so long as they can get a cheap t-shirt. Young libs shop at Whole Foods all the time, it's the "hip" store and they can pretend they're "socially conscious". No one's really going to "boycott" Whole Foods over this, trust me.

We get around the Whole Foods problem by maintain a garden and shopping a farmers markets.

Who needs ridiculously expensive canned organic tomatoes when you can grow them in your backyard.

Tip: Tomatoes freeze great, and they make great pasta sauce all winter.

I would submit that "organic foods chain store" is an oxymoron.

If it's pre-packaged, then Trader Joe's has something just as good at 1/3 the price.

If it's produce, my local farmer's market has something just as good at 1/3 the price.

I never understood why people shop at Whole Paycheck in the first place. They'd have an excuse for costing so much if they had a union and were providing health care to their workers. But they don't and aren't, so they have no excuse.

I guess I expect corporate execs to fight unions. I think that the rest of us should fight back, and win, but no one should be shocked by it.

Trying to block health care, on the other hand, cannot in any sense be claimed to advance Whole Foods' corporate interest. On the contrary, if done right, health care reform will reduce costs for Whole Foods.

What this means is that we have a lot more leverage this time. We can make a case to the board of directors that this ideological fool is damaging their bottom line. If the result is that he is muzzled or fired, then this shifts the debate. If there are negative consequences for right-wing activism by CEOs, other CEOs will notice.

I'm for boycotts that can do some good, and I won't waste my time with boycotts that won't do anything.

If my info is right, the Madison, Wisconsin WF store did end up unionizing. Any boycott should not include them. You need to make it clear how the target of your boycott can get you off their back.

On the self-scan: If you are shopping in a unionized food store, and you avoid the self-scanning aisles, the important issue is whether the non-unionized store in town is pushing self-scans. If they are, then not using the self-scan machines in a unionized store undermines the competitiveness of the employer who is unionized. That cuts more jobs in the long run.

What d'y'know: cool ≠ left; yuppie ≠ left; hip ≠ left; upper middle class ≠ left; "organic" ≠ left and, for the most part "organic" ≠ organic.

Someone asked why we should boycott Whole Foods b/c of the CEO's comments. 2 reasons: the CEO is a company's public spokesperson. Also: the article was titled 'The Whole Foods Answer to Health Care'! This clearly shows that he meant to represent the entire company.

My wallet loves the store, but we'll be falling in love with out local coops and Trader Joe's from now on.

Down with Whole Foods!

How dare that CEO express free-market ideas in this new age of liberalism/progressivism!

We will not tolerate ideas that does not conform to liberal ideas!! Down with free-thinking capitalists and libertarians!

Clark grossly under-rates the ability of the vast majority of people to become quite educated and skilled, that is high school graduation and college degree, both from good schools with good standards. The vast majority have the ability. They can do it if they work hard and responsibly and persistently for years, even if it takes longer than the standard 4 years (that's been around how long, while the amount needed to learn has increased how much?). Thus, they need not be welfare recipients doing nothing now or in the near future, as Clark intones.

GO, go, go Clarke! He is a true American with true American ideals. You people who want socialism, "progrssivism (another word for fascism) - then PLEASE, PLEASE leave America and go live in Switzerland, England,France, etc. Real, Constitution-loving, freedom-loving people are the only ones who should be in America.

GET OUT and STAY OUT!

I wrote to WF regarding their anti-EFCA stance a few months back. Their response was so pathetic (the third way along with Starbucks and Costco was their argument) that I told them I would boycott. Then came the health care reform fiasco and others are boycotting which is a good thing. The wingnuts claim they will now support WF. Ha! for a shopping trip or two maybe, but that won't last. I am stubborn, however, and will continue the boycott as long as it takes.

However, a lot of people are praising Trader Joe's as a substitute, but I find it lacking in several food-wise ways. Why put apples in plastic holders? Their prices might be less, but most likely due to smaller quantities in the package. In other words I haven't found a good replacement for WF except for my local farmers market. It is too bad that WF, etc. have forced out so many independent health food stores. Choice used to be a wonderful thing, but seems to be gone in this world of Wal-Marts in every town. Strip mall after strip mall with the exact same stores. Boring.

what exactly are Trader Joe's policies? I was quite surprised to find out that they are actually owned by the German food giant ALDI, which also owns LIDL. Strange to find Trader Joe's prunes and nuts here in Germany, but no Trader Joe's!

In the US, I shopped at Fresh Fields, which became Whole Foods (Trader Joe's was far away). I never had a problem with their prices, because I bought staple items (soy milk, etc) there for a fraction of the price i paid anywhere else. The stores are nice. The employees always seem happy.

Maybe things have changed. Maybe the CEO is a total fruitloop. I'm not sure boycotting is the solution, though.

Face it, most Americans couldn't give a crap how well workers are treated so long as they can get a cheap t-shirt. Young libs shop at Whole Foods all the time, it's the "hip" store and they can pretend they're "socially conscious". No one's really going to "boycott" Whole Foods over this, trust me.

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