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[sidsmom]

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@shoekitty wrote:

I shop there all the time! 

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That's all we need to know.  

Doesn't really matter if stuff was grown within our borders or not,

if it's a certified, audited, US governed organic land, it's all good.

[shoekitty]

@aspengrove

Are they WF frozen food 360 brand?  Because I was at our WF Feb6, and they said CHINA.  I swear!! I do not buy organic foods from out of the country.  I look for the QAI label, to ee if is organic from another country, and I usually never buy anything with a QAI label. except a couple spices.  There are other brands, one I bought from Taylor farms, that were grown in CA.  I live 30 miles from Watsonville, and they never buy the local produce.  Maybe our veggies go out of state.  Watsonville is also the Berry Capital  in Ca (or so they call themselves, lol) and the berries in our WF are from either Oxnard, CA or Chile.

[shoekitty]

@sandraskates

This is just so odd. seriously.  I go to a WF in the Santa Clara Valley (next to eBay), and that is what I find.  I was just there Feb 6!  I am not lying.  Yes, tomatoes from Israel.  They had tomatoes from all over.... Mexico, chili, and Central America, depending on brand. They had cherry tomatoes from CA.  It was the organic big tomatoes that were from Israel..  I was looking for a big round tomato to slice for veggie burgers.  The particular organic one I wanted I asked, and that is what the produce man told me.  He also said each load of produce they get is different from the next.  It depends on where the buy is that week.

I do a little shopping there, but so many of the items they sell are now available at our local Raley's.  We have one of the Raleys that does a lot of organic and natural foods.  They have aisles of it.  Also, they have a big section of produce that is organic..  We are lucky, because I have been to other Raleys, and they do NOT have the selection we do.  I think the stores stock food according to demographics.

ETA

Okay, called WF  in the "big city" that I go to  and their 360 California Blend, (LOL), snap peas, edamame, sometimes peas and sometimes cauliflower is from China, it is QAI, but that is the country of origin.  Some WF carry more organic fresh produce, but this one does not.  Although it is a larger WF, the produce section is way smaller and the conventional higher..  They are big on Deli, bakery, prepared foods to eat in or go.

[ChynnaBlue]

We have a lot of Whole Foods stores in the Austin area, including their flagship store. Because of that, the local grocery stores are pretty competitive. Most of the HEB stores in the area have a bulk/Natural foods section comparable to Whole Foods but with better prices. Other parts of the stores also carry similar products.

I mostly use Whole Foods for prepared items - soups, baked goods, chicken salad, etc.

[on the bay]

@Pqfan

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@Pqfan wrote:

When we went to Whole Foods we only bought a few things as a treat so it was such a pleasure to go there and "play supermarket."

A tiny cart,no lines,and people saying hi to me when I walk in.

I felt so "Stepford Wife" in there lol 

By contrast my regular real shopping was done at the Shop Rite

A giant cart,long lines, and mean cashiers. lol

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This made me laugh. I went to Whole Foods a few times to eat lunch with my daughter-it was okay and interesting, but not a place I'd say-ooo lets go to WF for lunch.

I get most of my groceries at Walmart They actually have the best generic brand of everything I think. 

I don't like Harris Teeter's generic brands.But they have the prettiest flowers ever! 

The best store for produce in my area is Food Lion-they have the freshest , prettiest, well-priced produce. Its really a pleasure to go there.

And Trader Joes is so much fun. I can always find things esp in the frozen section that look good. I can never think of anything to make, so its nice to go there sometimes.And they have great flowers too!

[lulu2]

I have not shopped at WF in a few (?) years but I remember checking the package and 365 frozen vegetables were indeed from China. 

[sandraskates]

@shoekitty - OK, next time I go to WF - and I stop in about once a week - I will look at all the tomatoes. If I see Israel as the country of origin, one of their nice produce employees will have to pick me up off the floor. :-)

I do have few 365 items in my fridge and freezer: Ricotta cheese, Montery Jack cheese and some frozen hash browns. All are produced in the USA.

[shoekitty]

@sandraskates

Yes, and I woud like to know as well.  Make sure you check 360 frozen veggies. Ask the produce man if they ever get tomatoes from Israel.  Because they get produce from different areas every load, it may not be the week you are in

[Phillygurrl]

We call the one in our area "Whole Paycheck."  Way overpriced.