[Magdalen] Whole Foods wins !!!

Thu Apr 7 22:58:03 UTC 2016

I did read something about Whole Foods opening a store that's supposed to
be less expensive, but I don't know what it's called.  Folks here are very
excited that there's going to be a Wegman's on the south side of town.  I
don't know much about them.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> ~smdh~ Well, to each his own.
>
> I still don't understand why we don't even rate an Aldi's here, let alone a
> TJ's. For overpriced, we have Martin's, which to their credit has (here,
> anyway) a pretty decent bulk food and organic/natural foods department, but
> Martin's has recently been bought by Food Lion, and I understand that in
> Richmond, at least, that means all the Martin's stores, which were formerly
> Ukrop's, are closing. I have no idea what it  means here, since we didn't
> have Ukrop's. If Martin's closes, we will be up that proverbial
> estuary....there is a Kroger, which is okay and has a decent produce
> department, but their natural/organic department is barely adequate. Nobody
> else except Friendly City Co-op has a bulk foods department, and theirs is
> horrendously overpriced, although they do carry stuff nobody else does.
> Costco is carrying more and more organic stuff, though in pretty large
> quantity, but the prices are good.
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I know, and I have friends who used to drive to Short Pump to Trader
> Joe's
> > before we got one in C;ville.  So I was very excited when it opened. On
> my
> > first visit, I didn't like the whole atmosphere--I was just kind of
> casing
> > the joint and didn't buy anything.  The second time I went was to buy a
> > little pine tree as a Christmas gift, because I'd seen one that a friend
> > had.  That was fine, and while I was there I decided to pick up a few
> > things, including some produce.  The produce was terrible-looking,
> > everything was in packages instead of loose...  I still didn't like the
> > atmosphere.  Stopped at Food Lion on the way home for the rest of what I
> > needed.
> >
> > YMMV, obviously; I have friends who love the place.  I've had quite a few
> > of their store brand products at potlucks and such, and I do like them,
> but
> > I wouldn't make a special trip to buy them...
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I hate Whole Paycheck. I love Trader Joe's. Obviously you're mileage
> > > varies, but I'd like to know why you don't like TJ's. I used to drive
> > past
> > > Whole Paycheck in Richmond to get to TJ's, that's how much I like it.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yes, we have had Whole Paycheck for a long time. They enlarged and
> > moved
> > > > when Trader Joe's was on the horizon, and the new location is a
> > nightmare
> > > > with a horrible parking lot traffic pattern. I only go there when my
> > > > daughter needs her preferred coffee beans and can't get there. Have
> > been
> > > to
> > > > Trader Joe's twice--don't like it. We also have something called
> Fresh
> > > > Food, or something like that; it's just like WF, but slightly less
> > > > expensive.
> > > > I mostly shop at Food Lion, because it's just down the road, and if I
> > > want
> > > > to go slightly upscale, I do Harris Teeter--love that store!
> > > >
> > > > > On Apr 7, 2016, at 3:50 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > The nearest Trader Joe's is in Charlottesville, 70-something miles
> > > away.
> > > > It
> > > > > is, of course, a university town that takes itself very seriously.
> I
> > > > think
> > > > > they also have a Whole Paycheck but you'd have to ask Grace, she
> > lives
> > > > > closer than I do. We get to C'ville 3 or 4 times a year and it's
> > > usually
> > > > a
> > > > > wine-buying expedition to TJ's. Waynesboro, about 50 miles or so
> > away,
> > > > has
> > > > > an Aldi's. I don't know how they rate one! Meanwhile, up here in
> > > > > Harrisonburg, with a university of 20K, we can't get a TJ's, an
> > > Aldi's, a
> > > > > Whole Paycheck, or even a proper *participatory* co-op. What the
> > hell?
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > > > > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> In a message dated 4/7/2016 2:56:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > > >> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Edgewater (our Chicago neighborhood, birthplace of Hillary
> > Clinton!)
> > > > >> now has a long-awaited Whole  Foods>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> As is usual in Pennsylvania, there are a cluster of Whole Foods
> > > stores
> > > > >> in the Greater Philadelphia area, but none nearby (Philly is 125
> > > > miles).
> > > > >>
> > > > >> It is so irritating to have adverts on television for stores that
> > are
> > > > open
> > > > >> in the Philly suburbs, or the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area
> (about
> > > > >> 60 miles away).  One that comes to mind is I-Hop that advertises
> > > > >> non-stop, but whose nearest restaurant is in Allentown --- hardly
> > > worth
> > > > >> a 60 mile drive for pancakes and waffles.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> David Strang - Becoming more of a fan of ALDI's as time  passes.
> > > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Grace Cangialosi
> > Ruckersville, VA
> >
> > *We must cry out against injustice or by our silence consent to it.
> > Dorothy Day*
> >
>

-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

*“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us
guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” - Dietrich
Bonhoeffer*