I like their food/produce and generally consider it a good value. Their wine selection/prices are surprisingly weak though. The only thing I hate them for is

I like their food/produce and generally consider it a good value. Their wine selection/prices are surprisingly weak though. The only thing I hate them for is selling/promoting snake oil. My guess is a lot of the hate towards Whole Foods is their clientele being perceived as snobby/out of touch/"richer than I am".