Whole Foods: risiing prices

[gggg...@gmail.com]

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/12/18222200/whole-foods-price-increase-amazon

[The Real Bev]

On 02/12/2019 03:41 PM, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
> https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/12/18222200/whole-foods-price-increase-amazon

Only pretentious assholes with too much money to spend shopped there
anyway, although I did buy a pound of wheat bran there when everybody
else was out of it.



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Todd Flanders' hobbies include being quiet on long rides,
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[tra...@optonline.net]

It's pretty much a store for hippies with a lot of money.

[ItsJoan NotJoann]

On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 6:02:39 PM UTC-6, The Real Bev wrote:
>
> On 02/12/2019 03:41 PM, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
> > https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/12/18222200/whole-foods-price-increase-amazon
>
> Only pretentious assholes with too much money to spend shopped there
> anyway, although I did buy a pound of wheat bran there when everybody
> else was out of it.
>
>

Applause! Applause!

[ItsJoan NotJoann]

On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 6:26:25 PM UTC-6, tra...@optonline.net wrote:
>
> > On 02/12/2019 03:41 PM, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/12/18222200/whole-foods-price-increase-amazon
> >

> It's pretty much a store for hippies with a lot of money.
>
>

Bingo!

[Joh...@badisp.org]

tra...@optonline.net wrote:

>On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 7:02:39 PM UTC-5, The Real Bev wrote:
>> On 02/12/2019 03:41 PM, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/12/18222200/whole-foods-price-increase-amazon
>>
>> Only pretentious assholes with too much money to spend shopped there
>> anyway, although I did buy a pound of wheat bran there when everybody
>> else was out of it.

>> Cheers, Bev
>> Todd Flanders' hobbies include being quiet on long rides,
>> clapping to songs and diabetes.
>
>It's pretty much a store for hippies with a lot of money.

Well, I'm far too old to be a millennial, but maybe a hippie if you
just count persons born during WW2. I don't think that's what you
really mean though. Maybe "Yuppie" or "Yuppette" would be more
accurate.

Personally I shop at WF for the visual impact of the gorgeous, young,
well-dressed female millenials and their offspring. Even the older
Yuppettes are passable with bodies honed by hours in the gym, makeup
by movie-level professionals and clothing from the Upper East Side
boutiques. Only Fairway comes even close and then you have to exclude
the "mistakes" they made in situating some stores in the ghetto. In
both WH and Fairway you can sit and ogle while having a nice
cappuccino. Oh I forgot Trader Joe but there you don't have a cafe and
you have to go on a Saturday for the ogle parade.

But back to the food and prices at WF. Their 365 line is often cheaper
and better than other supermarkets even in the ghettos. Milk, frozen
pizzas, frozen fish, potatoes, pineapples, cantaloupes, and avocados
(at the moment) are all lower in price and better in quality than any
other store I go to. Some cakes too but my local Italian bakery beats
them on both quality and price for bread and similar. I wouldn't buy
toilet paper, paper towel or laundry detergent from them though.

But Bev, I seem to remember a conversation some years ago with you and
(IIRC) Trader wherein you commented that you went to an upscale French
restaurant, had a meal, and then remarked that you were so hungry
afterwards that you had to have a fill-up meal from a nearby Chinese
take-out. Ugh!



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[The Real Bev]

On 02/13/2019 08:01 PM, Joh...@BadISP.org wrote:

> But Bev, I seem to remember a conversation some years ago with you and
> (IIRC) Trader wherein you commented that you went to an upscale French
> restaurant, had a meal, and then remarked that you were so hungry
> afterwards that you had to have a fill-up meal from a nearby Chinese
> take-out. Ugh!

Not Chinese, McDonald's. If I'd known how good the broccoli with
bearnaise sauce was going to be I would have ordered extra when I made
the reservation. BTW, I was treating a client to an expense-account
lunch; I would have have gone there otherwise.

Who were you then?

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[The Real Bev]

On 02/14/2019 01:23 PM, The Real Bev wrote:

> Not Chinese, McDonald's. If I'd known how good the broccoli with
> bearnaise sauce was going to be I would have ordered extra when I made
> the reservation. BTW, I was treating a client to an expense-account
> lunch; I would have have gone there otherwise.

NEVER have gone. I used to be a good editor...


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I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those
censorious, self-righteous people around me.

[Joh...@badisp.org]

The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 02/13/2019 08:01 PM, Joh...@BadISP.org wrote:
>
>> But Bev, I seem to remember a conversation some years ago with you and
>> (IIRC) Trader wherein you commented that you went to an upscale French
>> restaurant, had a meal, and then remarked that you were so hungry
>> afterwards that you had to have a fill-up meal from a nearby Chinese
>> take-out. Ugh!

>Not Chinese, McDonald's. If I'd known how good the broccoli with
>bearnaise sauce was going to be I would have ordered extra when I made
>the reservation. BTW, I was treating a client to an expense-account
>lunch; I would have have gone there otherwise.

Do you mean "I WOULDN'T have gone..."?

>Who were you then?

On this NG I've been JohnDoe since 2009 or at least I haven't archived
posts under any other name since then but of course I could have
deleted the thread in question or it could have been to another NG. My
comment was strictly from my fast-deteriorating memory. It's possible
that I just read your post and neither replied nor thought it was
sufficiently durable to keep. Sorry.

[tra...@optonline.net]

On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 11:01:19 PM UTC-5, Joh...@badisp.org wrote:
> tra...@optonline.net wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 7:02:39 PM UTC-5, The Real Bev wrote:
> >> On 02/12/2019 03:41 PM, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> > https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/12/18222200/whole-foods-price-increase-amazon
> >>
> >> Only pretentious assholes with too much money to spend shopped there
> >> anyway, although I did buy a pound of wheat bran there when everybody
> >> else was out of it.
>
> >> Cheers, Bev
> >> Todd Flanders' hobbies include being quiet on long rides,
> >> clapping to songs and diabetes.
> >
> >It's pretty much a store for hippies with a lot of money.
>
> Well, I'm far too old to be a millennial, but maybe a hippie if you
> just count persons born during WW2. I don't think that's what you
> really mean though. Maybe "Yuppie" or "Yuppette" would be more
> accurate.
>

By hippies, I don't mean limited to 60s era hippies. I mean modern day
hippies with similar outlooks and values. But there are plenty of 60s
hippies still around too.

[gggg...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 4:49:37 AM UTC-10, tra...@optonline.net wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 11:01:19 PM UTC-5, Joh...@badisp.org wrote:
> > tra...@optonline.net wrote:
> >
> > >On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 7:02:39 PM UTC-5, The Real Bev wrote:

> > >> On 02/12/2019 03:41 PM, wrote:
> > >> > https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/12/18222200/whole-foods-price-increase-amazon
> > >>
> > >> Only pretentious assholes with too much money to spend shopped there
> > >> anyway, although I did buy a pound of wheat bran there when everybody
> > >> else was out of it.
> >
> > >> Cheers, Bev
> > >> Todd Flanders' hobbies include being quiet on long rides,
> > >> clapping to songs and diabetes.
> > >
> > >It's pretty much a store for hippies with a lot of money.
> >
> > Well, I'm far too old to be a millennial, but maybe a hippie if you
> > just count persons born during WW2. I don't think that's what you
> > really mean though. Maybe "Yuppie" or "Yuppette" would be more
> > accurate.
> >
>
> By hippies, I don't mean limited to 60s era hippies. I mean modern day
> hippies with similar outlooks and values. But there are plenty of 60s
> hippies still around too.

Whatever happened to these guys?:

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=657&ei=5UdsXJvYFMbGsQXnvK64Cg&q=hare+krishna&oq=hare+krishna&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1231.3570..6207...0.0..0.314.2355.1j6j3j2......1....1..gws-wiz-img.....0..35i39j0i10.AUpw7ZSheks#imgrc=u2k8ufn1diMJBM:

[tra...@optonline.net]

IDK, last time I saw them was at Harvard Square a long time ago.

[gggg...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 1:41:23 PM UTC-10, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
> https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/12/18222200/whole-foods-price-increase-amazon

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/01/business/whole-foods-prices-amazon-groceries/index.html