Please shut up. Thank you. 

Right. Like did you lower your prices when you moved into “poor areas”? If not, my choice would be to load up a shopping cart at Dollar General, or feed my family at McDonald’s for the same amount of money it would cost to buy a carton of eggs and a loaf of bread at Whole Foods.

We don’t have one but I absolutely get you. No. The packaging is designed by people with expensive college degrees. The marketing is aggressive, the BRANDING is the secret - as with so many things we consume in America. My relatives ONLY shop at the most expensive places in town. They are always in some kind of debt,…

The amount of fat-shaming, food-shaming, and shaming of poor folks for being poor in this thread is just gross. I’m terribly disappointed in all of you concern trolling here under the guise of “health.” Wellness culture, a thing to which this Libertarian a-hole clearly subscribes is toxic. Is it good to eat things…

Seriously, the most expensive grocery in my town is filled with overweight rich people with nice purses.

What the actual fuck?

The sheer stress and misery of so many American lives is a HUGE reason for the obesity epidemic. The need for some comfort is a big factor in people’s food choices, and the systemic failures of our society seriously drive that.

I agree. I’m just saying that I’m not sure that this is the guy to criticize Americans’ eating habit.

This is much closer to the truth. Mackey’s comment that they opened Whole Foods stores in “inner city” *cough* poor, black neighborhoods *cough* and then judge the purchasing habits made in those locations as a reflection of ignorance or stupidity is some disingenuous bullshit at best. Those stores sell more…

Also completely ignores that cooking is a luxury that some families can’t afford to acquire. If both parents are working two jobs (or taking double shifts at one) and even the teenagers have an after school job, who’s left to cook for the littles? Who’s going to be capable of standing in front of a countertop or range…

Trader Joe’s is cheaper and better. 

If you spend $6 each on small bottles of asparagus water, you’ll quickly run out of money to buy food. Obesity epidemic solved!

THIS. I once had a friend express surprise that I could buy the exact same free-range, “happy” beef at the local discount grocer that they get at WF, but for half the price. Plus that local discount grocer pays their employees well above minimum wage, and offers great health insurance and PTO to everyone from the…

Am I the only one who doesn’t understand the appeal of Whole Foods? Their prepared food all tastes the same to me, and it’s all... not good. It goes without saying they are way overpriced, and they don’t even have a deli!

You can buy frozen vegetables at the Dollar Tree. The idea that these items are only available at “luxury grocery stores” is asinine.

I’m imagining cracking one of these open and it smelling exactly like asparagus pee. 

I mean, he’s right.

I can't but my aunt is wealthy and almost exclusively shops at Whole Foods. She and her son are both overweight. I don't understand where this idea that if you're rich and go to Whole Foods that you'll be thin is coming from. 

I bet 85% of Americans can’t afford to shop for food at this guy’s stores.

My family was working poor, and we were even on food stamps for several months at one point, despite two parents working allegedly good full-time jobs.