tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12849765.post115232855863471159..comments2024-03-18T00:25:25.723-05:00Comments on FashionMista: Holy Cow, Whole Foods!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17263621398135827639noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12849765.post-1152556101086513572006-07-10T13:28:00.000-05:002006-07-10T13:28:00.000-05:00Well said, Stephanie! I too wondered if they were ...Well said, Stephanie! I too wondered if they were losing money on the nibblers at the buffet or by those thieves, but the rest of us should not need to make up for it. That's what the government does. Free money should not come from the private sector. At least not in such a blatant way.<BR/><BR/>As for Mr. Food Market's comment on Whole Foods competing Subway's lunch crowd: yes, I agree completely that the A) clientele are different and B) Subway is not prepared foods. With regards to A: Money is money. Subway and Whole Foods at Union Square are in areas with a LOT of foot traffic. At 2pm, people are hungry. With regards to B: No, Subway does not offer prepared foods (except for chips and cookies...yum!). I don't buy the prepared foods at Whole Foods. I serve myself, or have a Whole Foods worker scoop macaroni and cheese and fried chicken onto my plate. If I were to buy prepared foods for my work lunch, I'd buy from Trader Joe's b/c they are cheaper and still good.<BR/><BR/>Bottom line: both stores are in highly trafficked areas, and both serve lunch. I don't like to spend more than $8 on a lunch if I'm not going to a sit down. Maintaining that budget is impossible now that the buffet is $7.99. Today I bought a half-inch turkey sub with fresh green peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and mayo, and a chocolate chip cookie. It totaled about $4.69 give or take a few cents. I got an over priced orange from Emma's (the shady deli) for $.89 that has more flavor to it than a recent Whole Foods orange.<BR/><BR/>And that's my bottom line. Oh, and the fact that my past 2 blueberry purchases from Whole Foods have lacked greatly in taste.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263621398135827639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12849765.post-1152553838051409722006-07-10T12:50:00.000-05:002006-07-10T12:50:00.000-05:00i am katie's lunch partner and i am the one who sa...i am katie's lunch partner and i am the one who saw a memo lying on the customer service desk congratulating the union square whole foods for grossing a million dollars in one week (or something like that.) they are making insane profits. if they were struggling to stay in business i might not have such a problem with the price increase but this is just being greedy. and why a whole dollar? why not raise it by ten cents per pound? are they making up for "shrinkage" due to people helping themselves to a buffet extravaganza and taking it right upstairs without paying? if so, maybe they should have a better monitoring system instead of the half-assed security guard who absentmindedly scribbles on your receipt once out of every 10 times you take your food upstairs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12849765.post-1152506569347606352006-07-09T23:42:00.000-05:002006-07-09T23:42:00.000-05:00Intriguing post - I'll be curious to see what happ...Intriguing post - <A HREF="http://foodmarketindex.com" REL="nofollow">I'll</A> be curious to see what happens with your campaign! The hot buffet was $7.99 / lb. up here in Framingham from the time it was installed, while the salad bar stayed at $6.99. But then the salad bar went to $7.99 also, early this year I believe. I'm not so sure WFM intends to compete for Subway's lunch crowd -- they don't make sandwiches to order for one thing. But it will be interesting to see how they continue to market their very upscale <A HREF="http://foodmarketindex.blogspot.com/2006/07/whole-foods-prepared-meals-replacing.html" REL="nofollow">prepared foods section</A> when clearly it is priced prohibitively for many shoppers.No namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270081827677814480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12849765.post-1152387391616433322006-07-08T14:36:00.000-05:002006-07-08T14:36:00.000-05:00I know, I HATE those light cameras. The only thing...I know, I HATE those light cameras. The only thing that then mayor Jane Camble ever did.<BR/><BR/>I just remember driving home from the Flats in downtown Cleveland late at night, a bunch of girls in car, and going through the deserted red lights just to get home safely. My dad got a ticket for accellorating too quickly at the start of a green light. So backwards. The picture showed him calmly stopped at the red light, and a second picture showed him going through the greenlight at a normal looking speed. No screech marks, just calmy driving. So stupid.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263621398135827639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12849765.post-1152378659060967912006-07-08T12:10:00.000-05:002006-07-08T12:10:00.000-05:00hey fashiomista Katie,I am sorry about the whole f...hey fashiomista Katie,<BR/>I am sorry about the whole foods thing, I am sure you are right though. crazy!<BR/><BR/>and what I'm pissed about is all the new STOP LIGHT CAMERAS that are now on chester and all over cleveland, supposedly to help stop people from running red lights.<BR/><BR/>Instead of charging $200.00 a ticket why don't they repair all the pot holes and focus on bringing the neighborhood back from the dumps.<BR/><BR/>go figure.<BR/><BR/>happy weekend!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12849765.post-1152378004878366952006-07-08T12:00:00.000-05:002006-07-08T12:00:00.000-05:00Hey lady.... Well...I feel your pain regarding Who...Hey lady....<BR/> <BR/>Well...I feel your pain regarding Whole Foods.<BR/>When Whole Foods opened up in Pittsburgh at the end of my junior year in dental school, I was thrilled and ecstatic that there was finally something better, organic, and healthy in the neighborhood. I used to only shop there.<BR/> <BR/>Then I move to Manhattan, where Whole Foods is a staple....and there is one in my backyard, but the prices are so inflated due to it being NYC....and that shit pissed me off! Why does the same produce cost more just because it is NYC????<BR/> <BR/>So I kinda boycotted it myself for a while, I wouldn't support them and go there for lunch, etc. I started shopping at Fairway. But even that gets so hard, to carry my groceries that far....especially in the winter, just to save $15 bucks or whatever.<BR/> <BR/>So I started to slowly give in again, and now I remain pissed.....but I have given up!<BR/><BR/>But I just wanted you to know I feel your pain girlfriend!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12849765.post-1152377590587412862006-07-08T11:53:00.000-05:002006-07-08T11:53:00.000-05:00Yeah, they have sold their souls to the devil. I r...Yeah, they have sold their souls to the devil. I remember when it was a stinky healthfood shop in soho...alas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com