Whole Foods Saturation

[earlyretirement]

I have to admit I also get the craving for Whole Foods every now and again. And my wife really loves the fruits and veggies along with the various cheeses they have. Yeah, they are more expensive but I figure if they can get the money all the power to them.

Come to think of it…. I’ve never heard of a Whole Foods going belly up or closing after opening. Does anyone know of any stores that have closed as they didn’t make it or weren’t profitable?

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My only concern is isle saturation. Whole Foods La Jolla is putting stuff at the end of the isles, along the isles pretty much everywhere there is room. With all the people at peak hours it can be difficult to navigate the store.

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My only concern is isle saturation. Whole Foods La Jolla is putting stuff at the end of the isles, along the isles pretty much everywhere there is room. With all the people at peak hours it can be difficult to navigate the store.

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My only concern is isle saturation. Whole Foods La Jolla is putting stuff at the end of the isles, along the isles pretty much everywhere there is room. With all the people at peak hours it can be difficult to navigate the store.

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My only concern is isle saturation. Whole Foods La Jolla is putting stuff at the end of the isles, along the isles pretty much everywhere there is room. With all the people at peak hours it can be difficult to navigate the store.

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My only concern is isle saturation. Whole Foods La Jolla is putting stuff at the end of the isles, along the isles pretty much everywhere there is room. With all the people at peak hours it can be difficult to navigate the store.

[patientrenter]

I too am a fan of WF. As a foodie who has medical issues that can be treated with a strict diet, I find WF very convenient. I buy food from markets featuring fresh locally grown produce when I can, and from standard big supermarkets when I must. Whole Foods covers the rest pretty well. (I live close to 3 of them. Bristol Farms and Trader Joe’s and a few specialty local markets, bakers, and delis can help too. For example, Bristol Farms stocks prime dry-aged ribeye steaks which are hard for me to get without driving some distance.)

As for the Whole Paycheck problem, well, by eating healthily I save enough on medical care to support all my daily food extravagances. Health care costs a lot more than food. Anyway, as a foodie I don’t really care what the food costs, as long as it’s what I want.

I understand that some people don’t differentiate food by flavor or freshness or healthfulness or convenience, just quantity and price. Whole Foods doesn’t work if those are your food criteria. Everyone is different. My observation is that more and more people are becoming educated about the health and flavor of foods, and WF does a good job, albeit not perfect, of catering to many of their needs.

[patientrenter]

I too am a fan of WF. As a foodie who has medical issues that can be treated with a strict diet, I find WF very convenient. I buy food from markets featuring fresh locally grown produce when I can, and from standard big supermarkets when I must. Whole Foods covers the rest pretty well. (I live close to 3 of them. Bristol Farms and Trader Joe’s and a few specialty local markets, bakers, and delis can help too. For example, Bristol Farms stocks prime dry-aged ribeye steaks which are hard for me to get without driving some distance.)

As for the Whole Paycheck problem, well, by eating healthily I save enough on medical care to support all my daily food extravagances. Health care costs a lot more than food. Anyway, as a foodie I don’t really care what the food costs, as long as it’s what I want.

I understand that some people don’t differentiate food by flavor or freshness or healthfulness or convenience, just quantity and price. Whole Foods doesn’t work if those are your food criteria. Everyone is different. My observation is that more and more people are becoming educated about the health and flavor of foods, and WF does a good job, albeit not perfect, of catering to many of their needs.

[patientrenter]

I too am a fan of WF. As a foodie who has medical issues that can be treated with a strict diet, I find WF very convenient. I buy food from markets featuring fresh locally grown produce when I can, and from standard big supermarkets when I must. Whole Foods covers the rest pretty well. (I live close to 3 of them. Bristol Farms and Trader Joe’s and a few specialty local markets, bakers, and delis can help too. For example, Bristol Farms stocks prime dry-aged ribeye steaks which are hard for me to get without driving some distance.)

As for the Whole Paycheck problem, well, by eating healthily I save enough on medical care to support all my daily food extravagances. Health care costs a lot more than food. Anyway, as a foodie I don’t really care what the food costs, as long as it’s what I want.

I understand that some people don’t differentiate food by flavor or freshness or healthfulness or convenience, just quantity and price. Whole Foods doesn’t work if those are your food criteria. Everyone is different. My observation is that more and more people are becoming educated about the health and flavor of foods, and WF does a good job, albeit not perfect, of catering to many of their needs.

[patientrenter]

I too am a fan of WF. As a foodie who has medical issues that can be treated with a strict diet, I find WF very convenient. I buy food from markets featuring fresh locally grown produce when I can, and from standard big supermarkets when I must. Whole Foods covers the rest pretty well. (I live close to 3 of them. Bristol Farms and Trader Joe’s and a few specialty local markets, bakers, and delis can help too. For example, Bristol Farms stocks prime dry-aged ribeye steaks which are hard for me to get without driving some distance.)

As for the Whole Paycheck problem, well, by eating healthily I save enough on medical care to support all my daily food extravagances. Health care costs a lot more than food. Anyway, as a foodie I don’t really care what the food costs, as long as it’s what I want.

I understand that some people don’t differentiate food by flavor or freshness or healthfulness or convenience, just quantity and price. Whole Foods doesn’t work if those are your food criteria. Everyone is different. My observation is that more and more people are becoming educated about the health and flavor of foods, and WF does a good job, albeit not perfect, of catering to many of their needs.

[patientrenter]

I too am a fan of WF. As a foodie who has medical issues that can be treated with a strict diet, I find WF very convenient. I buy food from markets featuring fresh locally grown produce when I can, and from standard big supermarkets when I must. Whole Foods covers the rest pretty well. (I live close to 3 of them. Bristol Farms and Trader Joe’s and a few specialty local markets, bakers, and delis can help too. For example, Bristol Farms stocks prime dry-aged ribeye steaks which are hard for me to get without driving some distance.)

As for the Whole Paycheck problem, well, by eating healthily I save enough on medical care to support all my daily food extravagances. Health care costs a lot more than food. Anyway, as a foodie I don’t really care what the food costs, as long as it’s what I want.

I understand that some people don’t differentiate food by flavor or freshness or healthfulness or convenience, just quantity and price. Whole Foods doesn’t work if those are your food criteria. Everyone is different. My observation is that more and more people are becoming educated about the health and flavor of foods, and WF does a good job, albeit not perfect, of catering to many of their needs.

[earlyretirement]

[quote=patientrenter]I too am a fan of WF. As a foodie who has medical issues that can be treated with a strict diet, I find WF very convenient. I buy food from markets featuring fresh locally grown produce when I can, and from standard big supermarkets when I must. Whole Foods covers the rest pretty well. (I live close to 3 of them. Bristol Farms and Trader Joe’s and a few specialty local markets, bakers, and delis can help too. For example, Bristol Farms stocks prime dry-aged ribeye steaks which are hard for me to get without driving some distance.)

As for the Whole Paycheck problem, well, by eating healthily I save enough on medical care to support all my daily food extravagances. Health care costs a lot more than food. Anyway, as a foodie I don’t really care what the food costs, as long as it’s what I want.

I understand that some people don’t differentiate food by flavor or freshness or healthfulness or convenience, just quantity and price. Whole Foods doesn’t work if those are your food criteria. Everyone is different. My observation is that more and more people are becoming educated about the health and flavor of foods, and WF does a good job, albeit not perfect, of catering to many of their needs.[/quote]

This is a great post. I agree with it. I wouldn’t really consider myself a “foodie” but I do enjoy fresh, good tasting food. However, there is NO way I could survive on Whole Foods alone as I really like junk food. Ha, ha.

I travel a TON and been to tons of Whole Foods around the country and I’ve just never walked into a Whole Foods when it was dead and not busy. So they are doing something right.

[earlyretirement]

[quote=patientrenter]I too am a fan of WF. As a foodie who has medical issues that can be treated with a strict diet, I find WF very convenient. I buy food from markets featuring fresh locally grown produce when I can, and from standard big supermarkets when I must. Whole Foods covers the rest pretty well. (I live close to 3 of them. Bristol Farms and Trader Joe’s and a few specialty local markets, bakers, and delis can help too. For example, Bristol Farms stocks prime dry-aged ribeye steaks which are hard for me to get without driving some distance.)

As for the Whole Paycheck problem, well, by eating healthily I save enough on medical care to support all my daily food extravagances. Health care costs a lot more than food. Anyway, as a foodie I don’t really care what the food costs, as long as it’s what I want.

I understand that some people don’t differentiate food by flavor or freshness or healthfulness or convenience, just quantity and price. Whole Foods doesn’t work if those are your food criteria. Everyone is different. My observation is that more and more people are becoming educated about the health and flavor of foods, and WF does a good job, albeit not perfect, of catering to many of their needs.[/quote]

This is a great post. I agree with it. I wouldn’t really consider myself a “foodie” but I do enjoy fresh, good tasting food. However, there is NO way I could survive on Whole Foods alone as I really like junk food. Ha, ha.

I travel a TON and been to tons of Whole Foods around the country and I’ve just never walked into a Whole Foods when it was dead and not busy. So they are doing something right.

[earlyretirement]

[quote=patientrenter]I too am a fan of WF. As a foodie who has medical issues that can be treated with a strict diet, I find WF very convenient. I buy food from markets featuring fresh locally grown produce when I can, and from standard big supermarkets when I must. Whole Foods covers the rest pretty well. (I live close to 3 of them. Bristol Farms and Trader Joe’s and a few specialty local markets, bakers, and delis can help too. For example, Bristol Farms stocks prime dry-aged ribeye steaks which are hard for me to get without driving some distance.)

As for the Whole Paycheck problem, well, by eating healthily I save enough on medical care to support all my daily food extravagances. Health care costs a lot more than food. Anyway, as a foodie I don’t really care what the food costs, as long as it’s what I want.

I understand that some people don’t differentiate food by flavor or freshness or healthfulness or convenience, just quantity and price. Whole Foods doesn’t work if those are your food criteria. Everyone is different. My observation is that more and more people are becoming educated about the health and flavor of foods, and WF does a good job, albeit not perfect, of catering to many of their needs.[/quote]

This is a great post. I agree with it. I wouldn’t really consider myself a “foodie” but I do enjoy fresh, good tasting food. However, there is NO way I could survive on Whole Foods alone as I really like junk food. Ha, ha.

I travel a TON and been to tons of Whole Foods around the country and I’ve just never walked into a Whole Foods when it was dead and not busy. So they are doing something right.

[earlyretirement]

[quote=patientrenter]I too am a fan of WF. As a foodie who has medical issues that can be treated with a strict diet, I find WF very convenient. I buy food from markets featuring fresh locally grown produce when I can, and from standard big supermarkets when I must. Whole Foods covers the rest pretty well. (I live close to 3 of them. Bristol Farms and Trader Joe’s and a few specialty local markets, bakers, and delis can help too. For example, Bristol Farms stocks prime dry-aged ribeye steaks which are hard for me to get without driving some distance.)

As for the Whole Paycheck problem, well, by eating healthily I save enough on medical care to support all my daily food extravagances. Health care costs a lot more than food. Anyway, as a foodie I don’t really care what the food costs, as long as it’s what I want.

I understand that some people don’t differentiate food by flavor or freshness or healthfulness or convenience, just quantity and price. Whole Foods doesn’t work if those are your food criteria. Everyone is different. My observation is that more and more people are becoming educated about the health and flavor of foods, and WF does a good job, albeit not perfect, of catering to many of their needs.[/quote]

This is a great post. I agree with it. I wouldn’t really consider myself a “foodie” but I do enjoy fresh, good tasting food. However, there is NO way I could survive on Whole Foods alone as I really like junk food. Ha, ha.

I travel a TON and been to tons of Whole Foods around the country and I’ve just never walked into a Whole Foods when it was dead and not busy. So they are doing something right.

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