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Whole Foods today!
"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> James Silverton > wrote:
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>> On 4/1/2012 6:37 AM, Andy wrote:
>>> "Julie > wrote:
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>>>> 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.
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>>> 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
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>> 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.
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>
> 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.
Cool!
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