Value Tours at Whole Foods

According to an article on King5.com, local Whole Foods stores are offering "value tours" of the store. Led by a "value guru," customers are shown an affordable way to shop for organic goods at Whole Foods. Considering our experiences and sticker shock at the store, we imagine this tour involves leading customers to the exit.

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By Abbey in News on September 23, 2008 10:55 AM

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Katelyn

Whole Foods is exorbitantly expensive in my experience, but that doesn't stop me from taking field trips there every couple of months to buy some luxuries. Mmmm, cheese.

maggie m

I have also found that WF actually has better prices on a lot of my personal staples than QFC. Even (organic) produce. You just have to avoid all the fancy stuff.

bilco

I must admit a love-hate with Whole, as I suspect, do most shoppers.

Despite their rep, they actually are cheaper for some items. In fact, I believe their pricing of portabellas brought the QFC price down to something approaching national levels (although my mom in Connecticut still gets them for 1-2 bux cheaper).

What galls me about these folks, though, is their really, really lousy handling of out-of-date products. I've returned quiches I've inadvertently purchased that were several days past done. If you dare to shop here, be sure to check the expiration dates!!! The Roosevelt store is way worse than the downtown one.

jessejb

Thanks for posting this AS IM WRITING OUT MY WHOLE FOODS SHOPPING LIST. Im still going.

Ps- To save money there just skip the cheese, meats, seafood and produce. You know, the healthy stuff.