Comments on: FOOD, Inc. is Hungry For Change

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More people need to read this and understand this aspect of the story. I cant believe you’re not more popular.

By: Michael Aaron Bepko

Michael Aaron Bepko — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:36:56 +0000

@Hope: Our product selection varies quite a bit around the country. Please check in with that store directly. Thanks!

By: Hope Sceer

Hope Sceer — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:35:00 +0000

Does the marlton store in nj sell “cal-organic’ produce.

By: Michael Bepko

Michael Bepko — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:19:30 +0000

@Barbara: Yes we do, however please double check with your local store as our product selection and availability varies around the country.

By: Barbara Davis

Barbara Davis — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:59:57 +0000

Do you carry Healthy Valley brand chicken and beef stock?

By: Michael Bepko

Michael Bepko — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:05:26 +0000

@RB: Thanks for your comment. Please check in with your local store to see if they can offer a tour in Spanish.

By: RB in Los Angeles

RB in Los Angeles — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:05:37 +0000

Rachel, I noticed you mentioned Whole Foods Value Tours are available to inform customers on how to eat healthily and affordably. I am Hispanic and have three Spanish-speaking family members with diabetes – they don’t eat as well as they should because of the affordability of food. Would Whole Foods consider giving these Value Tours in Spanish considering that a large number of the Hispanic population- especially in Hispanic-dominated markets such as L.A. – would benefit from them?

Thanks in advance,
RB in LA

By: Ruth Ake

Ruth Ake — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:54:55 +0000

My family has low income. we receive EBT, and was wondering if whole foods accepts EBT near my local whole food market?

By: Emily M

Emily M — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:50:35 +0000

It is relieving to know that you guys at Whole Foods uphold what I look for in the quality of my food, as my family shops mostly with you. After watching Food, Inc. and taking a course on food politics I have become aware of many of the industrial food system’s ills. I think another huge problem is access to good food. You say that, “At Whole Foods Market we’re committed to the idea that you don’t have to spend a lot to eat well.” I must respectfully disagree. Even for my family (a well-to-do two-parent household, both my parents are professionals, and I am the only child they must feed), it is still an economic burden to buy good food at places like Whole Foods. It is extremely expensive to shop with you, but my family sacrifices the extra buck for good quality and “sustainably produced” food. For families who are struggling, however, shopping at Whole Foods is simply not a reality for them. I believe a huge problem, as outlined in Food, Inc., with our food system (GMOs, livestock antibiotics, industrial production, etc) is a problem of unequal access. All across the country, masses of people do not have the means to eat healthily: either there is no access to it or they cannot afford it.

I’m not blaming Whole Foods because I would argue it is not their fault. As a business, Whole Foods cannot sell below the cost of production like many corn-products can. The industrial food system coupled with government policies prevent people from shopping at places like Whole Foods who sell “healthier” food because the production of junk/fast food (and “bad calories” like HFCS) are highly subsidized by the government.

To mechanize change, people need to begin demanding for access to better foods and putting an economic strain on the industrial food system in hopes that the government will react. But in the mean time, families must put food on the table. When you can’t afford fresh produce and can only buy a BigMac, what is there to do?