So are the freeps going to start shopping at Whole Foods now?

[Liberal In Texas]

Because it looks like I'm going to curtail my spending there. I had the choice today when returning from dropping off a couple of jobs, and I drove a little further to another large grocery store and spent $100 there and not (probably) the $150 I would have spent at Whole Foods.

LA Times: Mackey’s piece begins with a quote about socialism and the problem with living off other people’s money; now it looks as if some of his customers are going to help him out and take theirs elsewhere.
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2009/08/whole-foods-is-in-a-whole-lot-of-trouble.html

When are these guys going to realize that we can vote with our money? I did it with Home Depot, and now it looks like WF.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

1. I can't wait to see the recipes in freeperland

catfish with arugula
seitan and grits
double tofu burgers with almond cheese.

[YOY]

3. I'm sure they'll substitute Opossum for the Tofu and Shasta for any sauces.

n.t.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

5. Ha we should write a cookbook!

Whole Foods for Right-wing Fools

[Ignis]

12. Tempeh Roadkill Surprise with Vegan Ambrosia?

:)

[K8-EEE]

36. LOL!! Good one! nt

[Robb]

25. Best post of the day. nt

[YOY]

2. Bad move.

Really bad move on WFs part. Red America does not shop there. Blue America does.

[lurky]

7. Agreed. Whatever his personal politics,

his customers are overwhelmingly liberal.

As a rule, conservatives don't care about organic foods, fair trade, green farming, sustainability, humane treatment of animals, vegetarianism, or any of the other reasons people shop at Whole Foods. In fact, they despise anyone who does care about any of that.

Why he wants to alienate his customers is anyone's guess...

[Sub Atomic]

14. Slight correction: Blue America DID.

[Lorien]

4. I sent out a "boycott Whole Foods" email to everyone I know who shops there

luckily my Costco carries many organic products, as does Publix. I just wish we had a Trader Joes here!

[ingac70]

6. Boycott!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119099537379

[tj2001]

33. Agreed. Boycott!

Fuck McKey.

[noiretextatique]

8. i live in the bay area

i don't shop at whole $s because there are better and cheaper options here. there is a new whole foods in downtown oakland and a store in berkeley. mackey probably lost half or more of his customers here.

[Romulox]

9. Whole Foods has already been *just a little bit* bougie, don't you think?

:shrug:

[Yunomi]

10. Reminds me of one of my favorite phrases...

"Bougie white trash". I just can't remember what movie it's from!

[Contrary1]

40. It's from an old Saturday Night Live skit:

Tyrone was played by Eddie Murphy.

(open on a fancy gallery setting with a buffet table and many upper-class society types)

Felice: Ladies. Ladies and gentlemen. Please, if I could have your attention. As you know, every fall we here at the Felice Sloan-Duchamps Gallery take pride in debuting the creme de la creme of the New York arts scene. At that is why it is today that with great joy I introduce to you that Harlem Renaissance man, the artistic mouthpiece of the black community, artist, poet, and felon, author of the famed "Kill My Landlord," Tyrone Green!

(applause from the crowd as Tryone enters)

Tyrone: Thank you Felice whatever your damn name is. I'm-a let you bougie white people know something. I'm in here speaking to y'all, but I don't like being here talking to you bougie white trash.

Man #1: He speaks with such candor.

Woman: Brutally direct.

Tyrone: I'd rather be at home on my houseboat on the Harlem River, secluded from the people, creating my art.

Felice: Oh, well, Tryone, why don't we just go around here piece by piece, and you can describe some of your work?

Tyrone: Okay, bitch.

(they walk to a black canvas with images of a radio, sneakers, and a bag of Fritos)

Tyrone: I call this one, "Rodney Johnson's Bad Luck."

Man #2: Mr. Green, what does this represent.

Tyrone: You wanna buy this painting, man?

Man #1: (turns to Man #2) Well, yes, we were considering it for our study.

Tyrone: What does it represent? It represents that Tyrone Green no longer has his radio, and his sneakers and his Fritos is gone.

Woman: Well, what exactly was Mr. Johnson's bad luck?

Tyrone: He fell asleep on my couch when I was in a bad mood.

Man #2: What a concept!

Felice: (beckons everybody over to a green canvas with images of a whstle, badge, and hat) Now, Tyrone, I believe that this piece is entitled, "Sleeping Security Guard at the A&P." Now, can you tell us a little bit about it?

Tyrone: It's just that. A security guard fell asleep at the A&P, so he no longer has his whistle, and his badge and his hat is gone. The situation is also as such.

Man #1: Brilliant, that is art!

Man #2: The man is clearly a genius. Why, this is the greatest work since Warhol. It really is.

Felice: (escorts Tyrone and the rest of the group towards a blue canvas with images of a jacket, glasses, and a briefcase) Now, Tryone, tell us what was your inspiration for this?

Tyrone: This is my favorite one. I call it "Smart-Ass White Boy Blue." I got the inspiration when I was coming home from work the other day, and I saw this smart-ass white by. I thought I'd bring him down. So his situation is also as such, as you can see.

Felice: (brings the group back to the table) Well, everbody, now we'd like to open the floor to some questions.

Woman: Mr. Green! Mr. Green! Have you ever considered studying in Paris or, say, one of the other major art capitals of the world?

Tyrone: No, I hate Puerto Ricans.

Man #1: Mr. Green, you're obviously such a Renaissance man. You paint, you write poetry. What's next for you?

Tyrone: Windsurfing. And I'm currently writing a screenplay.

(the crowd applauds appreciatively)

Woman: How did you get interested in conceptual art?

Tyrone: I was living with a white woman, much like yourself, and her husband died. He had many paintbrushes and sets of glue about the house.

Man #1: Tyrone, now everyone here knows that you're most famous for writing "Kill My Landlord." Do you suppose that you could recite that for us?

Tyrone: No! Shut up! I will recite my latest poem that I wrote about you bougie white trash scum. It's called "I Hate White People" by Tyrone Green.

I hate the sunlight and I hate the night.
I hate white people because they is white.
Their hair is wavy, their lips is thin,
But worse than white women, I hate white men.
Walking around with briefcase and money,
Bust they head open, my ain't that funny?
Not out of anger and not out of spite.
I just hate whitey because they is white.
W-I-T-E people.

(attendees applaud and ask for autographs)

[Milspec]

11. My wallet told me to boycott them years ago

[SammyWinstonJack]

30. +1 nt

[joeybee12]

13. Of course...they can find lots of tea to bag and salad to toss at Whole Foods

Two things they really, really enjoy doing.

[Renew Deal]

15. I hope not

I hate to have that kind of pollution around when I shop there.

[Kerrytravelers]

16. We have two WF stores in my town. We're no longer shopping there.

I have called the Austin headquarters and let them know that, too. Of course, there was only a voicemail option, but, as I told them in my message, I'm not surprised they don't pick up.

I also asked a very logical question: If a person without health care falls and breaks their leg, how is eating an organic strawberry suppose to help? Basically, this is what their oh-so-brilliant CEO is suggesting.

What a horrible, horrible, horrible excuse that CEO is for a person. Geesh.

[create.peace]

37. i registered with a spamproof email so i could vote in this little poll

Poll Results: 240 Votes
Should Mackey be forced to resign?
95 Votes (39.6%)
Yes, he's bad for Whole Food's business and image
145 Votes (60.4%)
No, I agree with his libertarian views.

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/forums/index.php?plckForumPage=ForumDiscussion&plckDiscussionId=Cat%3a338a2432-3a3c-459f-9c58-00df096792c5Forum%3a624bcd7f-b978-4ad6-996c-450fba4971f9Discussion%3a7ac1d45a-8715-4721-ae38-3e3c4db1afb2&plckCategoryCurrentPage=0

[tinkerbell41]

17. I'm done.

I loved to go there. Mainly for organics I couldn't find at other stores. I can find most stuff now at my Supermarkets, which are Union. I could look past the non-union thing to eat fruit and veggies with no pesticides. But considering that most of Whole Foods customers are "Progressives" this guy just shot himself in the foot. I can't do it anymore, "You got rich off my unemployed ass, scraping together money to buy food that wouldn't give me cancer, FUCK YOU!!

[Capn Sunshine]

18. I'm through with them

I'm THEIR EXACT FREAKING DEMO, fer chrissakes! I Always shop there. The one on Moorpark Rd in Thousand Oaks, if you're reading this, Whole Food Corp.

No More. I can shop at any number of places, and I encourage all DUers who shopped at Whole Foods to find an small indy market in their area and patronize that instead.

[Javaman]

19. he's a rabid libertarian

also massively anti-union.

the first part is well known, the second part is also common knowledge by anyone who works there.

wacky mackey is a nut.

[StopTheNeoCons]

20. i'm gonna shop at whole foodds now posted at 8/14/2009 11:37 AM CDT Guns&Liberty First post: 8/14/

i'm gonna shop at whole foodds now
posted at 8/14/2009 11:37 AM CDT

Guns&Liberty
First post: 8/14/2009
Last post: 8/14/2009
Total posts: 7
i cant believe all you late sipping liberals got your panties in a wad over the opion of the head of the store. i don't shop at whole foods but now i'm gonna start since he is my kind of guy. he understand liberty and doesnt want the government to decide who lives and dies cause if obomabotcare passes then your gonna see a bunch of old folks shipped off to die. i will shop at whole fodds now cause i want to support this man who udersatnd the real needs of this country and it isn't paying for doctors for a bunch of lazy smelly hippies who need a bath. thank you for making me know about this great company.

god bless america and the men who stand up for liberty!

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/forums/index.php?plckForumPage=ForumDiscussion&plckDiscussionId=Cat%3a338a2432-3a3c-459f-9c58-00df096792c5Forum%3a624bcd7f-b978-4ad6-996c-450fba4971f9Discussion%3a8f3b308c-3c41-4abe-8e1c-3a9a2fe6ffff&plckCategoryCurrentPage=0

[Liberal In Texas]

21. "...late sipping liberals..." WOW what a genius!

(BTW, freep, this liberal will be sipping some beer later today.)

I'd love to have my video camera rolling when he walks into a WF just to catch the expression on his face as he walks around in bewilderment trying to find something to buy.
He'll buy a Red Bull or something he recognizes and never come back. Guaranteed.

[DeschutesRiver]

34. I am getting a pretty funny visual on this too.

After a quick look see inside, this guy and others will never even pull into or anywhere near a WF parking lot again. I can picture a whole herd of freepers showing up there, and just getting their collective asses kicked by what WFs sells and at what price.

I am sticking to Costco, the new Trader Joes (here finally after all these years!) and my own grass fed/no hormone, raised in my rather large backyard beef. This moron at WF has lost this customer forever. It may not be much to him that I strike his store from my shopping list, but I only have X amount of money to spend, and there is no reason ever to put it into the pockets of someone who thinks as he does on this issue.

[freeplessinseattle]

43. Everything counts in large amounts!

look at how the Obama donations added up, and most were under $100.

I am betting this will have a bigger effect than he expects, I can't wait to see what happens. I can sacrifice my butter chicken cravings and find something probably better at TJ's.

[Odin2005]

22. Everyone who shops there is a sucker of a libertarian, anti-labor hack.

[Lance_Boyle]

23. Seems to me it's always been the wealthy who shop at Whole Paycheck.

The wealthy, and those who aspire to appear wealthy by spending unnecessarily. I think that encompasses LOTS of conservatives, and always has.

[Robb]

24. Meh. Don't forget the liberals who accidentally got rich

...and feel guilty about it. Or don't. :shrug:

[Liberal In Texas]

26. You don't have to be wealthy to shop there, but I suppose the term is relative.

Unusual variety costs more. Food grown without pesticides costs more. Quality food costs more.
I don't consider myself wealthy or aspire to wealth, but I'm not poor either. We work and don't have much debt, so if I want to shop at somewhere like WF I will.

There is another place I am probably going to start giving more trade to that isn't as pretentious as WF, it's a little market called Newflower Farmers Market and it has many of the same products as WF but not nearly the variety.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

28. I often go to whole foods to treat myself. I'm veg and they have a lot of things there that you

just can't get anywhere else.

I can't afford to go there often, but my mom shops there a lot. She's not rich, but she's upper middle class I'd say. She chooses to spend her money there rather than elsewhere. She's a hardcore liberal.

[graywarrior]

27. It's a good reason for me to not go there anymore.

[lame54]

29. health care is more affordable than whole foods

[Are_grits_groceries]

31. Freepers think "Whole Foods"

are unopened cans.

[tj2001]

32. Stop giving John Mackey your hard-earned money

He's using your money to spread his political message.

[ingac70]

35. kicking.

[jmondine]

38. Overheard at Whole Foods: "What the !@#$ is Tofurkey?"

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

39. Not as long as Walmart is open.

[DainBramaged]

41. Another thin-lipped Rethug moran sticks his ass in his mouth

Mackey sucks.

[tavalon]

42. It's called Whole Paycheck for a reason

Only the rich freepers will be shopping there and hell, a little health food might do their brains good.