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Thu Aug-13-09 08:28 AM
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| 66. Whole Foods is about profits, not promoting healthy living |
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They market themselves well for an audience that has more money than they know what to do with, and it works well for them.
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| -Whole Foods (CEO) is Anti-health care reform |
villager |
Aug-12-09 03:27 PM |
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Is He Going To Advertise On Glen Beck's Show Too?.......nt |
global1 |
Aug-12-09 03:30 PM |
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I guess the "support" question might be: Will DUers still shop there? |
villager |
Aug-12-09 03:31 PM |
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I don't shop there to begin with |
abumbyanyothername |
Aug-12-09 03:35 PM |
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Massively overpriced food... |
trumad |
Aug-12-09 03:36 PM |
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You don't shop there. I know this for a fact. You have walked in once. |
wackadoodle |
Aug-12-09 04:18 PM |
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Me neither, but I know now that I never will. |
ChimpersMcSmirkers |
Aug-12-09 06:34 PM |
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I've read the article |
customerserviceguy |
Aug-12-09 03:37 PM |
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Transparency won't work with medical |
abumbyanyothername |
Aug-12-09 03:43 PM |
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Not in the emergency room |
customerserviceguy |
Aug-12-09 04:07 PM |
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Single payer is a better response to this problem |
abumbyanyothername |
Aug-12-09 04:31 PM |
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Single payer is a great response to this problem |
customerserviceguy |
Aug-12-09 04:39 PM |
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Well, |
abumbyanyothername |
Aug-12-09 04:44 PM |
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I do appreciate |
customerserviceguy |
Aug-12-09 05:08 PM |
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As Obama states |
Celebration |
Aug-12-09 05:10 PM |
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The question is |
customerserviceguy |
Aug-12-09 05:54 PM |
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it is the issue of the day, but not really my issue |
Celebration |
Aug-12-09 10:09 PM |
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It's impossible to price shop healthcare well. It's rigged |
Go2Peace |
Aug-12-09 11:44 PM |
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It is difficult, even impossible to shop, I will agree |
customerserviceguy |
Aug-13-09 07:51 AM |
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I have breast cancer. |
Luminous Animal |
Aug-13-09 03:32 AM |
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Working while really sick - been there, done that. |
endarkenment |
Aug-13-09 06:49 AM |
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What if there were one "shopping" website |
customerserviceguy |
Aug-13-09 07:57 AM |
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they do that for medicare and it is a nightmare trying to find out who |
angstlessk |
Aug-13-09 09:16 AM |
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Ok, that's one of the things that needs to be regulated |
customerserviceguy |
Aug-13-09 04:58 PM |
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How do you save for a freaking heart transplant? |
endarkenment |
Aug-12-09 03:50 PM |
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We are consumers of all kinds of things |
customerserviceguy |
Aug-12-09 04:13 PM |
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We're not "Consumers", were neighbors and citizens. |
Go2Peace |
Aug-12-09 11:52 PM |
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Sorry, I see you advocate single payer tempered by educated purchasing |
Go2Peace |
Aug-12-09 11:59 PM |
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High deductible HSA he is advocating is bullshit -- |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Aug-12-09 04:01 PM |
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I will agree that the do-nothing policies sold along with HSAs |
customerserviceguy |
Aug-12-09 04:17 PM |
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I'll stop shopping there and I will tell them why. |
graywarrior |
Aug-12-09 03:38 PM |
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Overpriced overrated yuppie-mart |
Zomby Woof |
Aug-12-09 03:42 PM |
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Hmm...If you had actually shopped there, you would realize that it's not all overpriced stuff |
wackadoodle |
Aug-12-09 04:11 PM |
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I have actually shopped there |
Zomby Woof |
Aug-12-09 04:31 PM |
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You can buy their house brand stuff for less.. |
girl gone mad |
Aug-12-09 04:51 PM |
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the only good product is/was whole nutmeg in their spice section, very difficult to find |
amborin |
Aug-12-09 05:56 PM |
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I have taken a look, and decided No..... |
Alameda |
Aug-12-09 05:09 PM |
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oh please. whole foods is good because it has a lot of hard to find choices |
paulsby |
Aug-12-09 05:48 PM |
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Is that you, John? John's known to troll on msg boards to talk about himself. |
Stephanie |
Aug-12-09 06:18 PM |
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Bullshit |
Fading Captain |
Aug-13-09 08:33 AM |
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Pretty much agreed. Stepped foot in one for 1st time last week -- won't be back. |
quiet.american |
Aug-12-09 04:27 PM |
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They had a decent microbrew selection |
Zomby Woof |
Aug-12-09 04:34 PM |
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Glad I stopped shopping there over 5 years ago |
DebbieCDC |
Aug-12-09 03:42 PM |
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And Savage Weiner is an expert on herbal medicine - |
endarkenment |
Aug-12-09 03:43 PM |
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Could never |
Libertas1776 |
Aug-12-09 03:43 PM |
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I shopped there while my local Von's workers were on strike |
MindPilot |
Aug-12-09 03:45 PM |
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They drug test their emplyees??? |
FourScore |
Aug-12-09 05:20 PM |
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I honestly had no idea |
sharp_stick |
Aug-12-09 03:50 PM |
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what an asshole. guess they just lost another customer until they fire this dickhead. n/t |
orleans |
Aug-12-09 03:53 PM |
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Republicans own almost every supermarket chain in the Dallas area |
derby378 |
Aug-12-09 04:13 PM |
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If the CEO of Whole Foods cared about peoples health |
asdjrocky |
Aug-12-09 04:14 PM |
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There is no reason to listen to this man. |
PetrusMonsFormicarum |
Aug-12-09 04:14 PM |
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Exactly. When a company holds a meeting and says |
kevinbgoode |
Aug-13-09 03:09 AM |
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I never liked Whole Foods anyway... |
ljm2002 |
Aug-12-09 04:14 PM |
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"whole paycheck" too darned expensive, |
amborin |
Aug-12-09 05:58 PM |
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i will never shop at whole foods again. |
nashville_brook |
Aug-12-09 04:15 PM |
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"individual empowerment" = injured people can't sue |
Eric J in MN |
Aug-12-09 04:20 PM |
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Instinctively, I've never liked Whole Foods stores -- with this revelation, now I know why. nt |
quiet.american |
Aug-12-09 04:24 PM |
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Further proof- hippies aren't necessarily liberal |
imdjh |
Aug-12-09 04:57 PM |
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I would describe Whole Foods as "yuppie" not "hippie" |
Hippo_Tron |
Aug-12-09 05:05 PM |
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I'm glad people are starting |
Yunomi |
Aug-12-09 05:56 PM |
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The left needs to have a revolution like the Reagan Revolution.. |
girl gone mad |
Aug-12-09 06:11 PM |
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We hade one of those. Revolution, that is. It was called the 60s. |
Luminous Animal |
Aug-13-09 03:51 AM |
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thanks for the head's up |
CitizenPatriot |
Aug-12-09 06:15 PM |
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According to the KOS poll, they just lost at over 2400 regular customers because this prick just had |
Shagbark Hickory |
Aug-12-09 06:20 PM |
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Shop at local organic markets and food co-ops.....Screw Whole Check Market. |
marmar |
Aug-12-09 06:22 PM |
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I worked at one of the first WF when I was in between gigs |
Sterling |
Aug-12-09 06:27 PM |
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...yet another reason I'm a Trader Joe's customer |
REP |
Aug-13-09 01:59 AM |
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Boycott. |
Vinca |
Aug-13-09 07:13 AM |
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Whole Foods is about profits, not promoting healthy living |
marshall |
Aug-13-09 08:28 AM |
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Fuck Whole Foods |
Fading Captain |
Aug-13-09 08:31 AM |
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Yup. I don't shop there anymore. I shop CostCo. |
lunatica |
Aug-13-09 08:35 AM |
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The vast majority of his company's customers have health care insurance |
Freddie Stubbs |
Aug-13-09 09:33 AM |
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Why are people in this thread mad at Mackey for providing his employees with such a wonderful plan? |
Imperfect World |
Aug-14-09 08:12 PM |
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