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NF&BR: Do you shop at Whole Foods?
Maybe you can relate to this funny video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFc1pr2yUU
Believe it or not, I hate food shopping. With the fire of a thousand suns. I am also cheap when it comes to groceries, so I stay away from Whole Foods. But, I've heard the stories. lol
Re: NF&BR: Do you shop at Whole Foods?
Once a month or so. Ever since I bought a potroast at Ralphs and it seriously smelled and tasted like chlorine (I didn't eat it). I was so turned off that I now like to get my red meat at Whole Foods - and fresh bread. It is WAY more expensive (the meat) but it tastes so much better and I feel a lot better knowing that there are no nasty chemicals in it!!
Other than red meat, though - my philosophy is that I lived in China, I'm still alive, and what I am eating here can't be worse than that.... lol. H
Hahaha oh that video is good! And my little beach town is crazy hippie ... I was just talking with a bunch of girls at work about juicing and detoxes (i can't get on board) and I was like, yeah, you know we live in SoCal when we are talking about this crap!
MsHark--That's a great point about the red meat at Whole Foods. I recently read about the "pink slime" in ground beef and I don't want that. Although, I guess buying organic grass-fed beef is the way to go at any supermarket. But, I like Whole Foods deli meats, so it may become my one-stop meat destination.
Have you ever heard of HMart? It's a Korean supermarket chain and this is the only place that I remotely enjoy food shopping in. Okay, I kind of like Trader Joe's too now that I think about it. Anyway, HMart's meat, seafood and produce sections are amazing and super fresh. I gotta believe that there's some outposts in southern CA.
Ditto on juicing and detoxes. I like to chew my food.
Blog: Call Me Imelda
Best quote:
"Pay my $80 for six things and get the heck out!"
That is SO TRUE!!!
I wish I had a Whole Foods closer to me to shop at. I think a lot of their store brand stuff can be a great deal. I have Wegmans to shop at for meat and produce, and I am certainly happy with their selection, but once in a while, a nice trip to Whole Foods is fun.
However, I am one of those people who really enjoys grocery shopping. I love Wegmans just as much as I love Target (!!!), and I call them both "my happy places."
Lol- We call it Whole Paycheck in my circle of friends.
I love their hot bar and their pizzas but I don't go as much as used to because I no longer live/work near one. I used to go about once a week, Now I go every few months to stock up on items that I can't get anywhere else.
In my area we have a store that's very similar called Fresh Market and I go there more often than WF cause it's closer.
I love Fresh Market! I live right by the Merchant's Walk Whole Foods, but I go to Fresh Market for fish. They have a delicious bourbon marinated salmon.
The Chicago suburbs has one! I love going there as well as Mitsuwa (which is a Japanese mega-market) I *think* there may be one in California, too.
As for WF, yes, they are very pricey. However, I like finding more of their unique items that average grocery stores don't have (like a salad mix of baby swiss chard/spinach/kale) and things like that.
I'm also on the "no, thanks" list for juicing. It is SO overpriced and really I think those things can be made a home. I believe one of the celeb-faves place called Pressed got in trouble for lying everything was freshly made. It was all pre-package and sold at a high rate.