On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:08:34 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>Remembr when eBay was a big thing?
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtlK7sn0JQ
>
>Weird Al. Gotta love him!
>
>Jill

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.
Janet US

On 7/17/2018 3:53 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:08:34 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> Remembr when eBay was a big thing?
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtlK7sn0JQ
>>
>> Weird Al. Gotta love him!
>>
>> Jill
>
> 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.
> Janet US
>
Whole Foods and Amazon Prime aside, I'm surprised you didn't realize all
stores charge extra for organic before yesterday.

Jill

On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:25:25 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 7/17/2018 3:53 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:08:34 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Remembr when eBay was a big thing?
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtlK7sn0JQ
>>>
>>> Weird Al. Gotta love him!
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> 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.
>> Janet US
>>
>Whole Foods and Amazon Prime aside, I'm surprised you didn't realize all
>stores charge extra for organic before yesterday.

Of course they do. It's harder to grow stuff without lots of
chemicals.

On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:25:25 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 7/17/2018 3:53 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:08:34 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Remembr when eBay was a big thing?
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtlK7sn0JQ
>>>
>>> Weird Al. Gotta love him!
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> 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.
>> Janet US
>>
>Whole Foods and Amazon Prime aside, I'm surprised you didn't realize all
>stores charge extra for organic before yesterday.
>
>Jill

I never understood why you were so adamant that organic cost so much
more. The 'regular' supermarkets that I shop at may be may be some
cents more but not three/4 times more. That was a real shocker. But
then, the organic I am familiar with doesn't carry a fancy dancy
label. I'm sure that makes all the difference in the world.

U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:25:25 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/17/2018 3:53 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:08:34 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Remembr when eBay was a big thing?
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtlK7sn0JQ
>>>>
>>>> Weird Al. Gotta love him!
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> 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.
>>> Janet US
>>>
>> Whole Foods and Amazon Prime aside, I'm surprised you didn't realize all
>> stores charge extra for organic before yesterday.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I never understood why you were so adamant that organic cost so much
> more. The 'regular' supermarkets that I shop at may be may be some
> cents more but not three/4 times more. That was a real shocker. But
> then, the organic I am familiar with doesn't carry a fancy dancy
> label. I'm sure that makes all the difference in the world.
>

Anything at whole foods is exorbitant. Some call it "Whole Payvheck"

On 2018-07-17 11:18 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:25:25 -0400, jmcquown >

>> Whole Foods and Amazon Prime aside, I'm surprised you didn't realize all
>> stores charge extra for organic before yesterday.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I never understood why you were so adamant that organic cost so much
> more. The 'regular' supermarkets that I shop at may be may be some
> cents more but not three/4 times more. That was a real shocker. But
> then, the organic I am familiar with doesn't carry a fancy dancy
> label. I'm sure that makes all the difference in the world.



Organic fruits and vegetables tend to be significantly more expensive
than the regular produce here, usually 40-50% more.

On 7/18/2018 8:20 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-07-17 11:18 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:25:25 -0400, jmcquown >
>
>>> Whole Foods and Amazon Prime aside, I'm surprised you didn't realize all
>>> stores charge extra for organic before yesterday.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I never understood why you were so adamant that organic cost so much
>> more.Â* The 'regular' supermarkets that I shop at may be may be some
>> cents more but notÂ* three/4 times more.Â* That was a real shocker.Â* But
>> then, the organic I am familiar with doesn't carry a fancy dancy
>> label.Â* I'm sure that makes all the difference in the world.
>
>
>
> Organic fruits and vegetables tend to be significantly more expensive
> than the regular produce here, usually 40-50% more.
>
>
Publix Supermarkets has their own brand of organics called Greenwise.
Meats, vegetables, heck even ice cream. The price for Greenwise branded
items is quite high.

Jill

On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 3:53:50 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:08:34 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
> >Remembr when eBay was a big thing?
> >
> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtlK7sn0JQ
> >
> >Weird Al. Gotta love him!
> >
> >Jill
>
> 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.
> Janet

And that's why we call it Whole Paycheck. There are only a few
things I buy the my husband's favorite olive oil, a kalamata-
flavored hummus, and frozen salmon.

Cindy Hamilton

On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 5:15:21 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 3:53:50 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:08:34 -0400, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Remembr when eBay was a big thing?
> > >
> > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtlK7sn0JQ
> > >
> > >Weird Al. Gotta love him!
> > >
> > >Jill
> >
> > 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.
> > Janet
>
> And that's why we call it Whole Paycheck. There are only a few
> things I buy the my husband's favorite olive oil, a kalamata-
> flavored hummus, and frozen salmon.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Yep! A number of years ago I was looking for commercially available dried pineapple, and not SWEETENED dried pineapple (which was widely available) and when I called a local Whole Paycheck the young man told me "Yes, we have unsweetened dried pineapple." Great, I'll be right over!" and I went.

When I got to Whole Paycheck I asked someone who worked there about unsweetened dried pineapple, and I was led over to this display rack of LOTS of small snack sized pouches of stuff, one being unsweetened dried pineapple! Like 1OZ!! For WAY more $$$ than I was gonna pay for a pound of them!

**** Whole Paycheck! I went to my local grocers and got some CANS of pineapple tidbits, and spent a lot of time and gas in my oven DRYING MY OWN pineapple tidbits! A BUNCH of them! For Christmas Candy making.


John Kuthe...

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.

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.

On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 10:20:49 AM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> 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.

The food coop here has no parking. Walking is more politically correct.

Cindy Hamilton