Albie B.'s Profile
Whole Paycheck, Whole Chicago
I admit to shopping at Whole Foods frequently, mainly to buy packaged products that are green or sustainable or ngo. But in recent years, WF has managed to crowd out other organic grocery alternatives in the chicago-area, including wild oats. And WF increasingly seems to be less about sustainable practices and the reduce/reuse/recycle policy than about increasing packaging (cutting back/getting rid of bulk food sections while increasing take out, prepared foods, etc.). I wonder if you can ever have a capitalist enterprise that dedicates itself to sustainability and a small is beautiful policy in keeping with organic or "green" ethics rather than adapting a growth at all costs, conquer the marketplace mentality. I've started to discover smaller organic grocers/markets that are truly committed to a holistic organic set of practices and I'm going to leave the whole food empire behind!
keywords: food store, coops & super market
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