Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out'
by usaphp on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:41PM
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Where do these “2-3x as much” figures come from? Their prices are not much different from Vons in my experience, they just sell a lot of premium items they you won’t find in your local vons - but for stuff you find in a regular supermarket - they charge around the same. And their 365 products sometimes are even cheaper than non organic alternatives
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Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out'
by ascagnel_ on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:50PM
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I also find many of the 365 products are made differently in some subtle ways vs. other store brands or big-label items. One example I came across recently was ginger ale; the 365 version has less carbonation and is sweetened with cane sugar (vs corn syrup), so it had a substantially different taste than the name brand (Seagram's) I picked up when the 365 brand wasn't available.
Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out'
by elicash on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @04:12PM
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Not person you're responding to, but I think it's fair to say that they sell pricier products - in some cases, yes, even 2-3x, than where some get their groceries. My parents do a lot of their shopping at dollar stores and they're just far less expensive.
But of course you're comparing here different products of the same "type," a box of cereal versus an entirely different box of cereal by an entirely different manufacturer, so I think they were misleading without that context. Also, pricier products doesn't necessarily mean bigger margins.