(Via AoSHQ Headlines) It’s rare to see an article that sabotages its own message in the first two paragraphs, but this one on the supposed horrible coming backlash towards Whole Foods CEO John Mackey for his op-ed against health care rationing manages to do so pretty effectively.
Joshua has been taking the bus to his local Whole Foods in New York City every five days for the past two years. This week, he said he’ll go elsewhere to fulfill his fresh vegetable and organic produce needs.
“I will never shop there again,” vowed Joshua, a 45-year-old blogger, who asked that his last name not be published.
Of course he doesn’t want his last name published. If it got published, he’d risk being mocked horribly when it turns out that his ‘boycott’ lasted all of one week.
Moe Lane
PS: Yes, you may safely assume by this that I am not particularly impressed by the threats of a bunch of food enthusiasts to stop shopping at the place that most easily enables their habit. Health care rationing advocacy is one thing; giving up their most reliable source of organic buffalo cheese is something else entirely.
Although admittedly you can get Italian Buffalo Milk Cheese on Amazon. Well, you could: I am a philistine.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
Neil Stevens
Steve Maley
Whole Foods = The New Walmart
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Friday, August 14th at 1:30PM EST (link)Dear Mr. Mackey,
It’s a great, big, flyover country and they like healthy and prepared foods too.
On my way to your store on Cambridge Street for some delightful roasted chicken and scintillating green beans.
That's it, I'm giving up tofu forever! nt
Common_Cents (Diary) Friday, August 14th at 3:06PM EST (link)Obama=Golfer in Chief, Leading from,
behind, the Back Nine.Leaders don’t create movements. Movements create leaders. Get involved. Your future depends on it.
Govt “invests” YOUR tax money for POLITICAL return rather than economic return.
I don't even like Whole Foods but to offset to whining liberals...
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Friday, August 14th at 3:11PM EST (link)I will go this weekend and buy my vegetables from them!
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I've never been to Whole Foods.
jhavard Friday, August 14th at 3:16PM EST (link)But I think I just found a new grocery store.
“Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.”
- Ronald Reagan
This could be a diabolical plan.
Big Apple Infidel (Diary) Friday, August 14th at 3:36PM EST (link)Mackey already knows he has the leftwing nuts in his pocket and that most of them who patronize Whole Foods won’t change their buying habits. Hell, most of them don’t read the Wall St. Journal and will never know about the Op-Ed anyway.
What he may be seeking to do is create enough of a leftist backlash to encourage right wingers to support Whole Foods as a way of showing solidarity for his ideas. Instant increased market share!
Yes, it is a fiendish plot my friends!
Greetings from occupied territory!
Find A Whole Foods Near You:
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Friday, August 14th at 3:42PM EST (link)A complete list of stores.
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/all/index.php#ok
Just like when the "Great American Gas Out" brought Exxon to its knees.
Steve Maley (Diary) Friday, August 14th at 3:48PM EST (link)I know all the progressives are going to totally buy all their arugula from now on at Trader Joe’s.
Unless there’s some really sketchy guys hanging around there.
But, solidarity, man!
The blogger formerly known as ‘Vladimir’.
Be sure to voice your support to Whole Foods on their web site
Bill S (Diary) Friday, August 14th at 7:02PM EST (link)http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/forums/index.php
“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins