Whole Foods Co-CEOs’ Mea Culpa: ‘We Made Some Mistakes’

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 2, 2015 Now that Whole Foods' tag-team CEOs Walter Robb and John Mackey have admitted that "inadvertent" mistakes were made in raising prices on products in New York City stores, it remains to be seen whether consumers will buy their explanation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Consumer Agency Alleges Whole Foods Has ‘Worst Case of Mislabeling’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2015 From 80 extra cents for a package of pecan panko to a $14.84 overcharge on coconut shrimp, Whole Foods Market may be living up to its widely used nickname, "Whole Paycheck." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why Organic Farmers Are Angry With Whole Foods

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 13, 2015 The chain's latest move is another strike against its holier-than-thou image. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘America’s Temple of Pseudoscience’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 24, 2014 "You don’t have to schlep all the way to Kentucky in order to visit America’s greatest shrine to pseudoscience," Michael Schulson writes at The Daily Beast. "In fact, that shrine is a 15-minute trip away from most American urbanites." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Growing an Alternative Economy One Community at a Time

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Oct 25, 2012 "The best thing about farmers markets is that people talk," says environmentalist Bill McKibben. "A study found that shoppers at farmers markets had 10 times as many conversations per visit than at supermarkets.""The best thing about farmers markets is that people talk," says environmentalist Bill McKibben. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Miracle Food Blues: Bolivia Trades Health for Cash

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2011 The nutritional virtues of quinoa have been known since the Inca had an empire, but now that it's sent around the world to satisfy the bourgeois appetites of the Whole Foods set, some Bolivians have become malnourished although slightly better off economically. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

But What Whole Foods Really Always Wanted to Do Is …

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2011 What America really needs is another film festival, especially one sponsored by Whole Paycheck Foods, right? The health food superstore is bringing to theaters across the country a series of films about, you know, the planet and eating right and stuff . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Can Whole Foods Repair Its Image?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 Turns out comparing unions to herpes and raving against health care reform in The Wall Street Journal isn't great for business, at least when your business sells granola to progressives, hippies and other Truthdig readers. Whole Foods CEO John Mackey's efforts have earned him a boycott. Guess we'll just have to get our gluten-free almond cookies elsewhere. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Meaty Danger Strikes Whole Foods

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2008 Whole Foods customers expect more for their money, but shoppers in two states got more than they bargained for when they came home with E. coli-tainted beef. The granola-chic grocer has since taken steps to restore faith in the chain and its preposterous prices. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Whole Foods CEO Bashed Wild Oats Online Before Takeover Bid

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2007 John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods, apparently behaved in not so wholesome a manner when he spent time bashing Wild Oats stocks on a Yahoo stock-market forum under the pseudonym "Rahodeb" not long before his company bid to take over the competing natural foods market chain. The Federal Trade Commission is attempting to block the takeover on antitrust grounds. (Via BoingBoing) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Farewell, Wild Oats!

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2007 Natural supermarket giant Whole Foods announced Wednesday it would gobble up smaller rival chain Wild Oats. The marketplace for natural and organic food has grown increasingly competitive, a reality that has plagued Whole Foods in recent months. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Food Writer Strips Away Whole Foods Myths

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2006 Author Michael Pollan tells Truthdig: "[Whole Foods is] very cleverly designed, but it's based on illusions If you go to the farm depicted on those labels, you find that in fact things look a little bit different" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )