Whole Foods Market on 60 MINUTES

Consider this a heads-up. CBS will be airing a profile on John Mackey and Whole Foods Market during this Sunday’s (June 4, 2006) edition of 60 MINUTES.

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Comments

[Mr. Food Markets]

This should be good. As they become an ever bigger food retailer I hear they're drawing attention of the big box stores who want to sell me my Puffins. How will WFM compete and will they successfully try to stay green?

[Matt Armendariz]

I believe at this point in their history they ARE the Big Box of natural/organic foods. Can't wait to see the report. Very interesting times for them coming up.

[Joel Jacobsen]

This should be a great special. I know there is a lot of heat concerning this issue, but in my opinion it is hard to complain about a chain store that is trying hard to be health and consumer conscious.

http://www.reason.com/0510/fe.mf.rethinking.shtml

[Smiley]

This should be a great special. I know there is a lot of heat concerning this issue, but in my opinion it is hard to complain about a chain store that is trying hard to be health and consumer conscious.

http://www.reason.com/0510/fe.mf.rethinking.shtml

[WholeFoodsWidow]

In the previos post, there is is this line... "but in my opinion it is hard to complain about a chain store that is trying hard to be health and consumer conscious." Well my partner works for Whole Foods and it is NOT a good place to work. He works with people who are potheads! The company is well know for being anti-union!

[chirochrisf]

And when did anti-union equate to being supportive of potheads? I am both anti-union and a NON-pothead. In my opinion however, potheads are more likely to be health food conscious (the "back-to-nature" concept) than your typical Yuppie. Not that I support potheads, but I think the implication of potheads and a company being non-union, mentioned in the same paragraph, is short-sighted. I did a recent comparison on breads between the typical grocery store and Whole Foods and found that in the grocery store, the #3 component in most "Whole Grain" (supposedly healthy) breads (ie. Orowheat and other popular "healthy" breads) was High Fructose Corn Syrup. Not so in Whole Foods. I'd rather buy a truly healthy bread from a pot-smoking, non-union employee than a unionized Yuppie pushing something as unhealthy as High Fructose Corn Syrup. And we wonder why our population is so obese....

[johnmoore (from Brand Autopsy)]

Yo, yo, yo ... Let's keep this thread on-topic. Just trying to help ensure the peace.

johnmoore