Whole Fools

I never found the local Whole Foods store easy to get in and out of and so I haven't been in one since 2002 or so.  Here in Austin it is located in a really congested part of town. The parking lot is a bit weird too.

When I found how John Mackey felt about health care reform, I was not surprised. I stand behind the boycott but I was already boycotting the place for other reasons. I never found the Whole Foods story cool. I had friends who worked there before it went corporate and they were never happy campers. I never had a good impression of Mackey.  I was a never a Whole Foods Austinite and use to feel guilty about that especially when it came to local shopping.  But I preferred Wheatsville Co-op. Then Whole Foods became a chain and I prefer other chains like Natural Grocer, Newflower and Sun Harvest (once owned by WF but sold to Smart&Final who returned it to Sun Harvest). Whole Foods is a philosophy and a way of life for some people. It's just a store to me and there are plenty of other stores that offer what they have with a smile and at better prices. At least in Austin there are.
Mackey quotes Margaret Thatcher...Blehk. I bet he used this website too. Probably quotes Ayn Rand as well...yerch.