On Thursday we reported about a surprising Whole Foods controversy which had just hit the airwaves. Today we strolled on over to the New York Times for our regular morning check-up on the news, and we noticed that an article titled “Whole Foods Fight” was in the top-1o list of most emailed articles. We also noticed that the “Boycott Whole Foods” Facebook fan page has leapt from about 3,000 members at the time of our original post to 13,366members at the time of this writing. Wow, that’s quite a significant jump!
Apparently this Whole Foods controversy didn’t peter out over the weekend like some people were probably hoping it might. We wonder what might become of Whole Foods’ controversy-stirring CEO John Mackey in light of the unceasing media coverage this story is receiving. Will the board decide to oust him at their next meeting and replace him with someone who doesn’t randomly decide to publish pointed op-ed pieces in conservative newspapers at politically-sensitive times which alienate Whole Foods’ entire customer base? One has to wonder.
While we’re on the topic, we thought we’d share with you an informative web page we stumbled upon while doing some Whole Foods research. It’s a thorough list of some other questionable aspects of Whole Foods about which you might not have been aware. We appreciate this website’s rather level-headed approach to Whole Foods. They are clear to point out that:
We’re not suggesting that anyone stop shopping at Whole Foods and we’re not calling for any kind of boycott – we just want consumers to realize that even a company that puts on a socially-responsible face doesn’t always live up to its own hype.
If Whole Foods’ recent health care controversy doesn’t really bother you, you might discover something that irks you a bit more on this site…
