On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 00:00:15 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:21:44 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:29:36 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:53:42 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> I went to Whole Foods yesterday to get the 10% discount plus a $10
>>>> bonus. I picked up 2 things and put them in my cart. I looked at
>>>> everything else and found nothing I wanted, used or needed. I must
>>>> say that I heartily dislike a store having nothing but organic stuff.
>>>> I see now where you folks think organic costs 3X or 4X as much as
>>>> non-organic. Anyway. I put the items I had back onto the shelf and
>>>> walked out of the store empty handed.
>>>
>>>Not everything is organic here, Not even all the fresh vegetables.
>>>Many of the vegetables come in both organic and conventional. But
>>>of the conventional stuff, even the shelf-stable stuff in the center
>>>aisles, it's still 40-100% more than the same stuff at a real
>>>grocery store.
>>>
>>>Most stores now offer organic produce at 0-35% more than the same
>>>conventional produce. There's no reason to shop at Hole Foods
>>>except that they have prettier displays and cull and reorganize more
>>>often. I don't need to pay $6/lb just so I can see all the tomatoes
>>>are all facing the same direction and stacked in a perfect pyramid.
>>>
>>>-sw
>> good summation. For my city, Trader Joe's is a better deal if you
>> don't want to shop the regular supermarkets.
>
>We have Sprouts which carries a lot of organics. They don't carry
>the obscure, niche, boutique stuff that Hole Foods carries, but the
>carry most of the basics. And at 1/2 to 1/3rd the cost of Hole
>Foods. TJ's meats and vegetables are still pretty expensive. But
>they have great cheeses at very good prices. Roquefort at 10.99/lb
>is probably the cheapest in the country, by far.
>
>-sw
Obscure, niche, boutique says it. My food co-op carries the same
stuff just not in an up-town way -- and costs much less. The funny
thing is that I see the "bling"* ladies at my food co-op all the time
and not at Whole Foods. My Ford F250 is small compared to their
vehicles. Maybe they shop at my food co-op because it has
old-fashioned parking spaces. Whole Foods spaces are designed for
tiny economy cars.
*Bling ladies. Women from the economic upper echelon of my city.
Bling refers to dripping sparkly jewelry.