Over priced and now ‘over here’.
Posted by Big John on June 6, 2007
Over the years we have all become familiar with American food ’giants’ appearing on our high streets and in our shopping malls, and our nation’s health has suffered as a result, so I was interested to read that another US food outlet has opened it’s doors for the first time today.
No, this time it’s not burgers, pizzas or ’southern fried’ grease with lumps in, but healthy, wholesome, ‘organic’ food from a company that I had never heard of until today … ‘Whole Foods Market’.
Londoners living in up-market Kensington can now buy their trendy ’fruit and veg’ and fancy breads at what would, at first glance, appear to be ‘fancy’ prices.
The store is now the largest food outlet in central London, and it has been announced that twenty more such stores are to be opened throughout the country. Having seen how fast other American chains have grown here, I have to wonder if they will stop at twenty ?
OK, so McDonald’s and all the rest may have slightly damaged the trade of the good old fish and chips shops, but a ‘giant’ like Whole Foods Market could be ‘the final straw’ for many small traders who are under pressure from the big supermarket chains, and would pose a real threat to local farmers’ markets and the like.
Whilst I welcome any opportunity to buy good quality healthy food, I can’t help but hope that Whole Foods Market maintain their pricing policy which in the USA has given them the name … ‘Whole Pay Cheque’.
I understand that there is no parking at the new store, but shoppers who spend more than £100 ($200) will be offered two hours free at a nearby car park, and if that’s all they spend …
… they won’t need help carrying their bag.
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