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> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 12:00:39 -0500
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> Subject: Re: Whole Foods, you are what you buy
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> I hate to join the BDNOW! corporate potshot movement, but it's my
> understanding that whole foods is also heavily invested in milit
So, though I like WF and admire how far they've come in the health
food industry, they DID treat it as an industry. To them, that
organically grown sticker is nothing more than a commodity.
Industry vs movement. We're not doing ourselves any favor if we
celebrate the successes of the industry wh
Whole Foods started out in Austin Tx of all places, 1980's, little
'hole in the wall'. Austin also has / had a good food co-op called
Wheatsfield which was bigger at the time. It's still there, but about
the same size, very family type atmosphere. WF is more glistening
supermarket style. When I