Maybe it's just old hippie nostalgia at work, but before whole foods as a chain there were neighborhood coops where you bought a membership and paid either 10% or 20% over wholesale, depending on whether you volunteered at the store or at the warehouse or just bought items at the store. Our warehouse was coincidentally called the whole foods warehouse, but the stores just don't have the same feeling. But the food is good.
It is just odd that a movement that started as an alternative, targeting people who would be willing to work to save money on simple good food is now seen as pricey.
Last edited by Krisb; 12-11-2011 at 07:26 PM.