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Even the Help is Superior at Whole Food
What could be more mind-numbing than checking out someone else's groceries? No, you have to press yes. No, the green button by the red one. So sometimes checkout people call their friends to pass the time at the most listless job ever. Sure, it's annoying, but who could blame them? Fortunately, checking out free-range beef is a completely different professional experience at Whole Foods. Their checkout "team" is so engaged with their work, they don't need to make personal calls. Whole Foods actually hires only friendless orphans to ensure that nothing stands between you and your organic arugula. [via Racked]
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Whole Foods, Environmentalists Support Cockroach Invasion
Being a limp-wristed, knee-jerk environmentalist liberal, you probably thought that Whole Foods' plan to phase out plastic bags in its stores was a good thing. Sure it is—if you love cockroaches. That's the sober warning in an editorial in the New York Post today, penned by Jeff Stier of the conservative "science" group ACSH, which is funded by Dow Chemical, Chevron, and a slew of other corporations. See, cockroaches "prefer paper (bags) to plastic," which logically means that Whole Foods is virtually holding your door open and setting up a nice buffet for the bugs! And it gets worse: they're also trying to give you asthma. More »
Gothamist's Dating Event A Snooch Party Disaster
Last night Gothamist, the 1010Wins of the blogosphere, held a dating event called "Check Out" at Whole Foods on the Bowery. Apparently (and, pretty predictably) the event was an unmitigated disaster. Our mole, Lauren, 23, reports.
Last night Gothamist, the 1010Wins of the blogosphere, held a dating event called "Check Out" at Whole Foods on the Bowery. Apparently (and, pretty predictably) the event was an unmitigated disaster. Our mole, Lauren, 23, reports.
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A Good Houseguest Brings "Stuff" For The Weekend
Rod Townsend records the gays in and around their natural environment of Fire Island and reports back. Wanna hear something shocking? Summer's almost over already. OMG, and so are those hideous pants you're wearing!
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Whole Foods Reaches Out to Bloggers
Whole Foods, the organic food-industrial complex, hasn't been treated too kindly by "new media," especially since recent revelations that CEO John Mackey used the anonymity of the Internet to trash rival Wild Oats. But like a father who's become estranged from his child only to realize the essential tragedy of it all on his deathbed, Whole Foods is reaching out. More »
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Sockpuppet Dave Craig Is Our John Mackey, Our Lee Siegel
John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods, was recently caught trash-talking competitor Wild Oats on various Internet forums under the name Rahodeb, an anagram of his wife's name. Not so long ago, critic Lee Siegel posed as an anonymous commenter beneath his own essays and brought himself to shame. And now we have our own story of greed, deception, regret and Pinkberry with our commenter named Dave Craig. Soon after the Mackey story broke, we got an email from Craig asking that we remove all his comments. What an odd request, we thought. Then we thought a little more. And Googled. More »
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Asians Love The Environment, Commerce
Biking by Whole Foods Bowery last night around ten, we were stunned to see a long line of Asians huddled up against that glassy monolithic building. "What?" we thought. "Does this have anything to do with Whole Foods being a pick-up spot? Are New Yorkers this lonely?" Not exactly. The assembled group was camped out in anticipation of this morning's Anya Hindmarch's designer bag sale. The limited edition totes, as Marian Burros notes in today's Times, read "I am not a Plastic Bag" and go for $15 a pop. This morning at 8:30, a tipster reported the line stretching even farther down the block to Chrystie and Stanton. "Yup, still all Asian," he confirmed. Why do Asians love environmentally sustainable shopping bags so much? One early early adopter who had been there since 6 P.M. last night revealed the answer: "I'm going to sell it on eBay!"
Earlier: The Lower East Side Whole Foods: Now Serving Racial Stereotypes
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Meet The God Of Whole Foods Union Square
That the Whole Foods on the Bowery is the most poppin' pick-up spot for the young, wealthy and healthy has been agreed since the very day that store opened in late March. Already we're entering into the second trimester of Whole Foods Bowery-conceived babies—foeti with names like Kale and Geoduck. In today's Sun Annie Karni notes the smooth moves of the fellas. More »
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You may or may not have heard—there's been so little coverage of it—but a new Whole Foods opened at Houston and Bowery this morning. What sort of person shops there, or sulks angrily outside? We sent The Assimilated Negro and Richard Blakeley to investigate. More »
First Responders: Whole Foods
You may or may not have heard—there's been so little coverage of it—but a new Whole Foods opened at Houston and Bowery this morning. What sort of person shops there, or sulks angrily outside? We sent The Assimilated Negro and Richard Blakeley to investigate. More »
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Josh is still trapped in the 75,000,000 square feet of Whole Foods down at Bowery and Houston—butRichard Blakeley now brings us these images from inside The Most Important Retail Store Of Our Generation. It's like when the government pretended to have people walk on the moon! More »
Whole Foods Bowery 2007: Carrots!
Josh is still trapped in the 75,000,000 square feet of Whole Foods down at Bowery and Houston—butRichard Blakeley now brings us these images from inside The Most Important Retail Store Of Our Generation. It's like when the government pretended to have people walk on the moon! More »
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Whole Foods Bowery 2007: Live Reportage
As anyone who eats and/or lives below 14th street knows, today at 8:00 a.m. the Whole Foods Bowery will throw open its doors to the unwashed masses desirous of fresh produce and hoity-toity foodstuffs in aisles stretching toward infinity. Many predict a foodie riot when the doors open, as residents who have waited years, YEARS, for the opening clamor for a taste . I'm suiting up in my flak vest, and yuppie fatigues to check out the scene. Expect live updates via Blackberry, (stk is sld out, womn gves birth! LOL) after the jump! More »
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The Lower East Side Whole Foods: Now Serving Racial Stereotypes!
With the Whole Foods Industrial Complex set to open March 29th on Houston and Bowery, a paroxysm of speculation has surrounded the area. Will it have a Fresh & Wild salad bar? (Yes) Will it have an Italian Osteria? (Yes, Rustica Minardi). Whither goest the 8 dollar yogurts of Gracefully? But perhaps most pressingly, what's the deal with the illustrations of racial stereotypes on the windows? More »
Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!
Breaking! Fear not, downtown organic food lovers! The long-awaited, and long-delayed, Whole Foods at Bowery and Houston will open on March 29 at 8 a.m. If only Joey Ramone were still alive to see this!
Breaking! Fear not, downtown organic food lovers! The long-awaited, and long-delayed, Whole Foods at Bowery and Houston will open on March 29 at 8 a.m. If only Joey Ramone were still alive to see this!
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Have Some Toxins With Your Endive
As if you needed another reason to avoid Park Slope, news has trickled down that the underground toxins that've been infecting the Gowanus Canal area for ages—including the site of the Brooklyn Whole Foods, at Third St. and Third Ave.—are slowly making their way over to Park Slope. The dangerously high levels of benzene supposedly don't pose an immediate risk to residents, but could spell problems in the coming years in the form of cancer and other icky things. Suddenly Fresh Direct seems that much more appealing. More »
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Trader Joe's Opening: The Madness Continues
Trader Joe's has been open for about eight hours now and since you're probably sitting in front of your computer just dying to get out of work so you can fight with half of New York City for overpriced produce, we thought we'd help you out with a look at what you can expect when you show up this afternoon: More »
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Trader Joe's Has Arrived: Let The Grocery Store War Begin
We're hearing reports of major crowds at the new Trader Joe's, which opened this morning in Union Square. It seems the people normally accustomed to nibbling on organic lettuce at Whole Foods have taken their act an entire block to the east where very festive green and white helium balloons have been inflated for the big occasion. (Whole Foods stock: up close to 2% this morning despite what appears to be impending battle for the hearts, souls and stomachs of Manhattan residents.) More »
