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Not sure if things have gone bad for employees (not a surprise though), but as a shopper, things have definitely gone bad. Most visible one is empty shelves, wh

by akudha 8y ago

Not sure if things have gone bad for employees (not a surprise though), but as a shopper, things have definitely gone bad. Most visible one is empty shelves, which is becoming more and more frequent. Maybe they did some "optimization", doesn't help shoppers though

a2tech 8y ago
Yeah ours looks dingy now. It looks to me like either the employees have stoooed caring, management has changed their priorities, or the overall quality of goods has dropped in a short amount of time.
jabits 8y ago
This seems to have been corrected at out local Whole Foods (Maui), but the upside is that the prices are much more reasonable, for still good quality. We used to just go there for "special" items, but are doing more general purpose shopping there now, and the tie-in with Amazon Prime is nice too.
kasey_junk 8y ago
I was not a regular Whole Foods shopper but went into the local one the other day to get some things. I was shocked at the lack of items on the shelves. It reminded me of when our local co-op went out of business. Staples like bread & milk weren’t available. What is the end game on this strategy? Cause wrt the coop it was “go away forever”.
andrewprock 8y ago
I went there the other day to buy tomatillos. They didn't have any, so I had to go to Smart and Final. When Whole Foods can't get produce that Smart and Final can, it tells me that they don't want to carry that produce.
- tptacek 8y ago
  Whole Foods produce has been dreadful for years. As I understand it, that's the result of a deliberate shift from groceries to prepared foods ("stop in and pick up dinner for the night"). Amazon definitely didn't break Whole Foods produce. Whole Foods in Chicago does a good job with meat, dairy, and beer. We more or less treat it as a specialty store for those three categories, and buy everything else from local stores. Produce, in particular, is always better at Mexican grocery stores.

by akudha 8y ago

a2tech 8y ago

Yeah ours looks dingy now. It looks to me like either the employees have stoooed caring, management has changed their priorities, or the overall quality of goods has dropped in a short amount of time.

jabits 8y ago

This seems to have been corrected at out local Whole Foods (Maui), but the upside is that the prices are much more reasonable, for still good quality. We used to just go there for "special" items, but are doing more general purpose shopping there now, and the tie-in with Amazon Prime is nice too.

kasey_junk 8y ago

I was not a regular Whole Foods shopper but went into the local one the other day to get some things. I was shocked at the lack of items on the shelves. It reminded me of when our local co-op went out of business. Staples like bread & milk weren’t available. What is the end game on this strategy? Cause wrt the coop it was “go away forever”.

andrewprock 8y ago

I went there the other day to buy tomatillos. They didn't have any, so I had to go to Smart and Final. When Whole Foods can't get produce that Smart and Final can, it tells me that they don't want to carry that produce.

tptacek 8y ago
Whole Foods produce has been dreadful for years. As I understand it, that's the result of a deliberate shift from groceries to prepared foods ("stop in and pick up dinner for the night"). Amazon definitely didn't break Whole Foods produce. Whole Foods in Chicago does a good job with meat, dairy, and beer. We more or less treat it as a specialty store for those three categories, and buy everything else from local stores. Produce, in particular, is always better at Mexican grocery stores.