the politics of food

[John K. Taber]

Michael Eisenscher wrote:
> 
> At 12:07 AM 8/18/1998 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> SNIP
> 
> >What I've heard - Patrick? Chuck? Jordan? Kirsten? - was that Berkeley's
> >older poor, unable to afford the new food regime, ride the bus for an hour
> >or more to Oakland to shop.
> >
> >Doug
> 
> I have never eaten at Chez anything and don't shop at Andronicos (the most
> expensive of the corporate stores) except on rare occasions.  But you'll
> find a lot of the less well off, along with many who are doing just fine,
> thank you, at any of a number of farmers' markets in Berkeley and Oakland on
> various days of the week.  Then their's the discount (Safeway-owned) Pak'N
> Sav, and Grocer's Outlet (or whatever it's called) at the foot of University
> Ave. on Fourth St. in Berkeley.
> 
> Doug, Oakland is not an hour's ride from Berkeley, nor is SF, unless you
> happen to be on a freeway at rush hour in which a car has broken down in the
> middle lane.  Than even Oakland can be an eternity from Berkeley.
> (Suggestion: stick to the streets).
> 
> In solidarity,
> Michael E.
> 
> P.S.: The stores in Oakland are no cheaper than those in Berkeley.  They're
> all owned by the same corps., except Andronicos, which is locally owned (for
> the moment) but also has no stores in Oakland.

I guess the old Finnish Coops are gone? That's sad. I loved the Coop's
toothpaste. The label said that it had no known benefit but if you
wanted something harmless, this product would do.

I never saw a label like that in any other store.