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Whole Foods has expensive food, together with a lot of outrageous health claims, but it's the industry black sheep in terms of health and sanitation. Most supe
by rsj_hn 8y ago
Whole Foods has expensive food, together with a lot of outrageous health claims, but it's the industry black sheep in terms of health and sanitation.
Most supermarkets, for example require basic things like bathrooms and hand washing stations separated from food handling areas on agricultural farms that supply them with product. Not Whole Foods. There also have lots of issues with sanitation in their stores, especially given the volume they move from their salad bars.
I'd check them out a bit more:
https://www.barfblog.com/tags/whole-foods/ https://www.barfblog.com/tags/whole-foods/
https://www.ajc.com/news/national/fda-letter-says-whole-foods-unsanitary-and-unacceptable/trMIU2823fnqU463g0AR8I/ https://www.ajc.com/news/national/fda-letter-says-whole-food...
https://twitter.com/sarahtaber_bww/status/1013184700599488512 https://twitter.com/sarahtaber_bww/status/101318470059948851...
I'm hoping that the Amazon acquisition will lead to some much needed professionalization and normalization of their supplier requirements and processes, but we'll see.