Am I Crazy? Is it Just Me? Re: Whole Foods Customer #1

I remember one of those..."How do I eat food?".But the winner for me was "Is drinking urine healthy?".The discussion went on for weeks as disgusting as it was,BUT I agree with SKK.It's fun to indulge in some silliness once in a while.

"and none of them ever answer" --- LBF, you made that observation on the other question, and you're right. If they sign up for a food52 account, they get answers sent to them. Another reason to encourage them to sign up. All in the interest of promoting community. After all, we're not the Butterball Thanksgiving Hotline!

Not only are there questions from "WF Customer," they also answer questions, and the level of answers can be excellent. Maybe a flag asking people arriving at Hotline from the WF site or their instore kiosk to sign up as individuals would be appropriate.
Another issue is that sometimes questions are asked about store inventory, which we can't answer -- good reason for another flag message.
And that's not the only source of foolish questions...

This question gets asked often enough that I keep expecting the FOOD52 staff to make a better notation. I can't imagine that it thrills Whole Foods to periodically get attacked as a troll. Though, personally I get a small chuckle, thinking about new members wondering who on earth is asking all these questions?!

A small % of the WF questions are less than serious, and they are fun to answer. The question 'why are peaches fuzzy?' was a giggle and reading the responses made me laugh.

Hi LE BEC FIN, the Whole Foods Market Cooking program (a partnership between FOOD52 and Whole Foods Market) is in over 50 Whole Foods Market stores nationwide. In-store customers and WholeFoodsMarketCooking.com community members have access to Foodpickle/Hotline. Questions from WFM Cooking users and WFM customers appear on the FOOD52 Hotline under the same "Whole Foods Market Customer" username, so I understand how that could be confusing! Hope this clears things up a bit. -Maddy

What pierino said. An F52 partnership with a Maryland WF store was announced around the time of the Bulk Foods contest.

Food52 has a partnership with Whole Foods and they have a kiosk in at least one store on the east coast where customers can ask Hotline questions. I think this is still a test.

thanks much, gal. here's a direct link to the thread that answers the question. With my disgruntled comment added as well!
http://food52.com/hotline/search?q=whole+foods+market+customer

Hey LEBEC FIN, at the top right enter search term input whole foods customer, them to the right of recipes click on hotline , then click the magnifying glass to search. Good answer comes up