Has Whole Foods betrayed their market?

Who trusts food stores in the first place?

Especially on an issue like organic foods, which is a term that has no real definition and no real meaning, legal or otherwise.

It sounds like you had built your own expectations – based on god-knows-what -and now those expectations have been dashed. Is that Whole Foods issue, or is your issue for having inaccurate expectations.

The only reason Whole Foods (or any business) exists is to make a profit – to make money. They are not altruists. CUstomers are just a vehicle to make a profit.

I was hoping they were ‘different’ but still they are a big corporation.
Their “compassionate meat” program convinced me of that.
I mean, I’m all for avoiding bad living conditions for livestock, but when at the end of the day the critter will be murdered for food, this is not compassionate.

Whole Foods actually always catered to monsanto. As long as I have been aware of them they have always sold their products and refused to label them.

There was an article saying in several years they would have all their products GE’s labeled. But that was many years in advance and offered so little it has been hard to like them to begin with.

The sad part of it is many other companies follow their suit. It was particulary sad and ironic for me to see our local coop advertising Occupy Monsanto and being staunchly against GMs then not only carry products of companies that support them but also a few Transgenic foods outright.

I am not familiar with Whole Foods and their policies (all we have is HEB and Krogers) but from the article I can definitely sympathize with you and your opinion. I think they have indeed violated the trust and strained the loyalty of their customers.

@elbanditoroso While I don’t deny that businesses exist to make profit I do take issue with the supposition the consumer is powerless.

Especially when catering to a niche market businesses are dependent on maintaining a reputation that its market values.

To submit that the consumer is in place to fuel an industry is backwards. I have written numerous emails and made phone calls to several businesses. Filled out surveys and done product requests. It is true the bigger the company the less likely they will be receptive. Yet with smaller companies I generally have get a positive result and have been part of a vehicle of change.

I have not given up on the larger companies. We just need more voices and persistence