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Oh Noes Its another chain, just like the other ones down town people tend to ignore, Deal with it.
When Greenlife opened and Efare started to lose some customers, the Glife bashers were out in full force. Now Whole Foods sells buys Glife and we’re bashing them? Save yourselves from carpel tunnel and go to WF and Efare and Fresh Market for that matter and buy yourselves some good vittles. Grocery competition means better pricing for you. Be thankful that we’ve got quite a few places to get good food.
Am a former WFM corporate employee. WFM’s quality standards are exponentially higher than any other company in the industry (even the former Greenlife). After sitting through DAYS of training on the buying standards and seeing how other stores don’t have these same levels…the differences are astounding.
thedj-
Not a WF employee just someone who believes there are two or more sides to a story. I shop WF, EF and GL.
Whole Foods PR is trowling the web.
Pixiedyke-
Why not go to the source, WholeFoods website, to learn more about what they do or don’t allow. Or better yet speak to one of the folks behind the counter.
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/seafood.php
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/meat-quality-standards.php
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/meat-program-requirements.php
Hey Ash, I heard that while Greenlife’s standards for sustainable seafood were very strict and awesome, Whole Foods is alot more lenient, and that the meat counter is switching to these new, looser standards, and not necessarily marking things that aren’t sustainable. You can check out Greenpeace’s website to see what they think of Whole Foods seafood standards. Have you heard anything about this?