[lbo-talk] whole foods: was At one with my inner herbivore

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Tue Oct 14 18:04:57 PDT 2008


At 05:52 PM 10/14/2008, Jordan Hayes wrote:


>I don't think most people think about ideas like 'superior food' much ...
>
>/jordan

Replace "superior food" with "better for you" or "better tasting" and they do.


>"Are organic foods really that much better for you than regular
>food? And can you lose weight by eating only organic food?"
>--Viki, 17, Detroit

Letter to Seventeen magazine

http://www.seventeen.com/health-sex-fitness/questions-answers/organic-food-080808

And here's something from Chowhound:


>I sent this e-mail to Trader Joes corporate offices in Monrovia:
>
>"You've changed Gerolsteiner from glass to plastic bottles. In doing
>so, you've changed the carbonation and the taste. Now Gerolsteiner
>is virtually flat and the taste is awful. So you or Gerolsteiner may
>save some money on weight but you've lost my wife and my business.
>We'll find another better tasting carbonated mineral water. Seems to
>me it's stupid to tamper with a successful good-selling product to
>save some bucks. Tell the German company that. And let them sell the
>plastic bottles in Europe. By the way I've been doing business with
>Trader Joes as Pronto before it opened the Pasadena store by the
>freeway, when I lived in Eagle Rock, so I'm a faithful customer who
>has liked most of what you've done; I even traveled to go to your
>first store in Pennsylvania when I moved there in Exton."
>
>My wife added, "It tastes terrible now."
>
>With Albertson's having very fine fresh herbs, something my wife
>liked a lot, and Tesco opening a new store in Laguna Hills, maybe
>Trader Joes needs to watch their flanks.

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/465853


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