A blog about Whole Foods and the eternal debate about Wal-Mart

The whole truth of food that you must know From the Health Knowledge blog:
Sad to say, you probably won’t help the environment that much by shopping at Whole Foods.
Many contend that the real damage done to the earth by fruits and veggies is not how they are grown but how much fuel has to be burned to get them to you. After all, those organic strawberries didn’t walk from Mexico. Whole Foods offers only a limited supply of local produce. Even in summer months, no more than 30 percent of the produce in the average Whole Foods store is grown locally - but it is clearly labeled. On one visit, just the veggies above were local. In early spring, only rhubarb was available.

Wal-Mart killed our Jewell Interesting food group discussion thread on how Wal-Mart closed our Jewell...
Original point by Mitch;
Jewel announced today they will be closing the doors in Sept. because of the newest Super WalMart. That sucks. The produce at WalMart sucks, the meat is horrible (Solution), the chicken breast is always $4.99/pound. What joke. I never pay more than $1.89 at Kroger.
WalMart killed our Eagle, and now Jewel. I can't even buy horseradish at WalMart. Only mayo "sauce" with a slight horseradish flavoring.

Greg writes:
Nope, *Jewel* killed Jewel...
My local Jewel (Lakeview 'hood on the north side of Chicago, it's the Broadway & Addison location) is ghastly. A new Whole Foods opened two blocks away from them; with WH's lower prices (YES, you read that right, Jewel is more expensive than WH), superior stock, and better service hopefully this BLIGHT of a Jewel will be put out of business or forced to change it's ways...


Ed writes:
It has nothing to do with Wal Mart. In the history of the chain, they have never closed another store. It is the lack of customers that causes stores to close. Wal Mart meats and produce are junk, IMO, so you need to move to a neighborhood that has people of good taste


Steve writes:

Fortunately, HEB here in Texas is holding it's ground even if Walmart has 220 stores in Texas alone. Everything is better at HEB. Many of the other local chains in other states are trying to follow HEB's lead, but it may be too late for most of them.

And Gloria, with the inevitable point:
Hang on tight and prepare to lose your hardware store, your local pharmacy, sporting goods store, bike shop, craft store, shoe store, and probably your entire downtown. Wait till they build another Super Walmart three or four miles away. It's like the Monster that Devoured Cleveland....