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Old Posted May 7, 2012, 6:18 PM
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It's the upscale casual restaurant of the grocery world. Overpriced and not that good but safe and a lot better than the worst case.

When Whole Foods opens up in a neighbourhood with nothing but 7/11 it's a big deal. Around here there were already a number of very similar higher end grocery stores and many smaller specialized stores that are strictly better in some specific domain.

My partner refuses to go to Whole Foods because of cult health science stuff. Last time we went there was a sign above a pile of $27.99 (or whatever they were) glass water bottles proclaiming that they were "PBA-free". The store also tends to be full of haughty people and I can't help but believe that they are there to feel good about themselves for having paid $13 for an orange and a spelt cookie.
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