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robin.amato
September 15, 2016
My local whole foods remodeled their beer/wine section to include a bar. I frequently see people there. Also the new Wegmans near us has a pub inside it, plus the large salad/hot bar selection & seating.
Rebecca A.
April 29, 2016
What irks me most is massive companies opening stores (especially smaller, 'local/express' ones which we have an ever-increasing rash of in the uk) and driving out small, local, independent shops. They seem like handy, convenient things but they take money directly out of the community and into these giant corporations' pockets instead.
lloreen
April 28, 2016
My whole foods now has a bar/restaurant. It seems very random to me and I've never seen anyone in it. Do people really want to have a cocktail in the grocery store? Are they trying to get us drunk so we'll buy more expensive cheese? I think mostly we just want to grab our groceries and run. And the bar now takes up the space where there used to be tables for the lunch crowd. I think this is a poorly-thought out idea.
sara_ann
April 30, 2016
One of my friends wanted to meet up and eat at the restaurant in our grocery store. I thought it was a little strange but apparently people like to eat at the grocery store.
Loves F.
April 28, 2016
HA! "Will these stores be of service to those people most in need of nutritious, low-cost groceries?" the answer, at least for the Washington store, is no. Bellevue isn't a low income area (I live in Seattle, just across the lake from Bvue... this location is smack dab in the middle of the fancy new development and high rises... just down the street from a Neiman Marcus)... according to Wikipedia, "Based on per capita income, Bellevue is the 6th wealthiest of 522 communities in the state of Washington." So, way to go, Whole Foods. I can think of plenty of neighborhoods in the greater Seattle area that would be better served by this store.
Kc
April 28, 2016
Yup, Lake Oswego is the fancy suburb of Portland. What a joke as far as accessibility to lower income folks. Though the distance from other PDX locations makes sense to me with population numbers. They are probably competing less with themselves and more with other higher end chains in the area.
Bevi
April 28, 2016
The Daily Table, located in Dorchester MA, addresses the concerns you express for nutritious, low cost food made available to low income families. I urge you to contact Doug Rauch (former President of Trader Joe's) to learn how it's done. That would be an article well worth publishing so readers can see how The Daily Table tackles not only the issue of affordable nutritious food for those with less income, but also the troubling issue of food waste.
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