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re: After 6 straight quarters of shrinking sales, Whole Foods to start closing stores.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 9:40 pm to AP83
Posted on 2/8/17 at 9:40 pm to AP83
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They all sell the same exact brands. The difference is the grade of meat they offer. Select, choice, or prime is the difference. By the way buying beef st Walmart is not cheap. You can normally get it cheaper at a local meat market that is a better grade and fresher.
The wal mart on Burbank has pretty nice choice steaks.
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Posted on 2/8/17 at 9:45 pm to AbitaFan08
It's all relative. I've never gotten bad seafood at Whole Foods, I have elsewhere. I live in Chicago, so fresh seafood isn't a guarantee. One of the reasons I'll get it at Whole Foods is because the turnover of inventory is much higher. The people shopping at Wal Mart aren't going through tens of dozens of diver scallops a week, the Lincoln Park Whole Foods does.
I'm sure for beef here the difference isn't as pronounced, but I find that grass fed beef and less common cuts like hangar steak are still more plentiful at my local Hungarian butcher than either of the others.
However, when it comes to pasta, milk or any other common good I'll be at the local chain store.
I'm sure for beef here the difference isn't as pronounced, but I find that grass fed beef and less common cuts like hangar steak are still more plentiful at my local Hungarian butcher than either of the others.
However, when it comes to pasta, milk or any other common good I'll be at the local chain store.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 9:56 pm to saintsfan1977
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. I raise my own chickens and I guarantee you can't taste the difference between organic eggs at whole foods, regular eggs at Wal mart or my eggs. I do it because I like to and chickens are dirt cheap to raise. .
If you can't tell the difference in those three eggs, including your own than I'll just go ahead and discount what you say.
I can guarantee I can tell the difference in eggs and most people I know can as well.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 10:00 pm to Martini
I agree with Martini. If you can't tell the difference then you suck at raising chickens or at eating eggs. Or both.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 10:09 pm to HeadyMurphey
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Sanderson farms is the only brand Walmart sells?
For the non-frozen chicken that the only brand I've seen.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 10:19 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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I only go to whole foods when im really stoned and I don't know what I want to eat.
Walking around aimlessly in a grocery store is one of the best things to do while stoned
Posted on 2/8/17 at 10:24 pm to Jake88
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Sanderson farms is the only brand Walmart sells?
For the non-frozen chicken that the only brand I've seen.
At least around here wal mart has a store brand organic chicken (it's called nature harvest or some kind of shite like that) that is actually really good.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 10:26 pm to AbitaFan08
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I agree with Martini. If you can't tell the difference then you suck at raising chickens or at eating eggs. Or both.
No kidding. Eggs are one of the few things you can actually tell the difference. The difference in yolk quality is like the difference between a PT Cruiser and a Bugatti.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 10:49 pm to AbitaFan08
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I don't think WF is overpriced. I think you get what you pay for.
Better facilities, higher quality clientele, and arguably higher quality products compared to your average store. I'm happy to spend a little extra for that.
What has the OT become? We went from "my butler goes to organic farms to get my ingredients for my chef to cook" to "Whole Foods is a bit pricey for my taste".
You're paying for the experience and, to a lesser extent, the variety, and then again, to an even lesser extent, the quality.
I don't think Whole Foods pretends to be anything else. It's their niche. They created it, developed it, and have made fistfuls of money from it. Even before Whole Foods came around, the regular grocery stores sold most of what Whole Foods sells, often at similar prices, as organic or premium you'll find in Jewel Osco or Publix or Kroger is virtually identical to what WF sells. Whole Foods centralized distribution on those disparate products, added a bunch of experiential elements (hot bar, lots of sampling, lots of environmental features, etc.), and voila.
Kroger and the rest have adapted, but I also think they're really getting hit on the Blue Apron-like services (who have been making huge marketing investments recently). WF is a pretty smart company led by capable people. I think they'll probably be OK.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 11:11 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Mexican grocery stores is where it is at.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 11:14 pm to AbuTheMonkey
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Blue Apron
I've been thinking of ordering these just to try some new recipes.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 11:20 pm to AbitaFan08
Whole Foods lets me drink while I shop....
Posted on 2/8/17 at 11:21 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Is the LSU alum still Chairman of the Board at Whole Foods?
This post was edited on 2/8/17 at 11:23 pm
Posted on 2/8/17 at 11:29 pm to northshorebamaman
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Blue Apron
I've been thinking of ordering these just to try some new recipes.
Blue Apron is pretty solid, but they're actually starting to face a ton of competition on the middle-high and premium end right now, at least here in Chicago. These new start ups are all about direct farm-to-table. I'm sure they'll face scale problems, but they're putting their money where their mouths are for the moment.
Amazon is starting to get into this grocery-shopping game, and I think Kroger and Whole Foods and Publix and the rest probably aren't far behind with either a delivery or synthetic shopping service.
Whatever - in the end, it's all great for the customer. Competition is fierce as hell in that business. The physical products themselves are commoditized, so it's all about ease of transaction or premium services or whatever else differentiates you. It's exactly how our economic system is supposed to work.
This post was edited on 2/8/17 at 11:31 pm
Posted on 2/9/17 at 3:53 am to Masterag
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Sprouts beats the shite out of whole paycheck
Damn, I miss sprouts. The best produce and prices of any store.
Posted on 2/9/17 at 4:14 am to LSUTigersVCURams
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Whole Foods
Dat Chantilly King Cake doe.
Posted on 2/9/17 at 5:50 am to LSUTigersVCURams
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Eggs are one of the few things you can actually tell the difference. The difference in yolk quality is like the difference between a PT Cruiser and a Bugatti.
I don't eat egg yolks unless it's in potato salad but I'd put money that if I blind folded you and gave you 3 eggs, you wouldnt know where each came from
Posted on 2/9/17 at 6:00 am to saintsfan1977
Why the blindfold?
Also, is take that bet
Also, is take that bet
Posted on 2/9/17 at 6:18 am to saintsfan1977
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I don't eat egg yolks unless it's in potato salad
Well that's a really fricking strange dietary decision
Posted on 2/9/17 at 6:27 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Gluten must be "in" again
Speaking of that, I have a cousin (you don't want pics) that went on a rant the other day on FB. One of her co-workers offered to go get her lunch and come back with the salad she ordered but WITH croutons on it. Now she couldn't eat lunch at all because she couldn't PICK THE frickING CROUTONS OUT and just eat it because the croutons had touched the rest of the salad. She went on about how inconsiderate this person was of her "gluten allergy" and if they couldn't get her order right they shouldn't offer to go get her lunch. I still want to punch her in her FUPA.
I know CSB
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