Andy wrote:
> James Silverton > wrote:
>
>> On 4/1/2012 6:37 AM, Andy wrote:
>>> "Julie > wrote:
>>>
>>>> The one in Lynnwood recently opened and man were they busy! My mom
>>>> said she was pleased to see almost every customer reading the food
>>>> labels. I pointed out to here that quite a few of the customers
>>>> who shop in there have food allergies or celiac. I know because I
>>>> see many people picking up the gluten free things and one lady was
>>>> looking for the dairy free cheese just like I was. Oddly that was
>>>> located not with the other cheeses but with the yogurt.
>>>>
>>>> My big mistake while I was in there was not paying much mind to the
>>>> prices. I did pick up some pasta because it was at a very good
>>>> price and was a good pasta. But I should have really paid
>>>> attention to the prices of the other things. The end result was 4
>>>> bags, one which wasn't even full and the total was $165.00. I did
>>>> not even purchase any meat unless you count the single serve
>>>> chicken pot pie or the kid's snack that includes diced chicken or
>>>> turkey (not sure which) cheese and think baby carrots. I did
>>>> pick up two kinds of goat cheese which I didn't really want after
>>>> I found the dairy free cheese but... I didn't want to have to
>>>> trek all the way across the store to put it back. Those two cases
>>>> are at the total opposite ends of the store. The reason I didn't
>>>> see the dairy free stuff to begin with was that there was a man
>>>> stocking stuff there and his big cart was smack in the way. They
>>>> did seem to have to do a lot of stocking because the store was so
>>>> busy.
>>>>
>>>> Daughter picked up three bags of rice chips that I'm sure were
>>>> cheaper at any other store. And I was able to get the Newman's
>>>> Own high protein pretzels that no other store seems to carry on a
>>>> regular basis.
>>>>
>>>> We also got two cup salads that I will never buy again. For the
>>>> price of those two I could make salad for 20 people or more!
>>>>
>>>> Next time I will be a lot more selective and stick to things like
>>>> the vegan mac and cheese and the dairy free cheeses that I can't
>>>> get elsewhere. Now that my daughter can have wheat there is far
>>>> less need to shop there.
>>>
>>>
>>> The handful of times I shopped there, it appeared to me, a fashion
>>> show of women shoppers walking the aisles. More so than at my ACME.
>>> Just a personal observation, naturally.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> As Consumer Reports has indicated Whole Foods is generally very good
>> indeed and I agree but I also note that the magazine emphasizes their
>> very high prices. In my area, they have moved to the lower level of
>> an office building where one has to use garage parking instead of the
>> convenient open strip-mall parking. I have only been to that store
>> once since they moved as there is another store with better parking
>> a little further away.
>
>
> James,
>
> The Target store a town away has a ground level parking lot but,
> inside they have an escalator system for the people and another one
> for the shopping carts. A very smart shopping experience, I thought.

It must be a model, Orlando has one of them also, only reversed with
upper level parking and a ground-floor store. I enjoy watching silly
parents letting their kids ride in the carts up the escalators. Speaking
of potential lawsuits...

pavane