Whole Foods Market

An anecdote about Whole Foods: I needed salt. Just salt. After squinting through a long row of coarse sea salt, Himalayan pink salt, smoked salt, fleur de sel and low-salt salt (whatever that means), I determined that THIS SUPERMARKET DOES NOT HAVE NORMAL SALT. An employee sympathetically said “oh I know exactly what you mean… yeah I don’t know if we have that.” I ended up getting kosher salt—naturally, by going to the kosher aisle. Close enough, I guess. On its own, it’s a funny story. But this fits a pattern. Like the time I wanted sausage and noticed just in time that what I had wasn’t real meat. Or the time I got home, realized my $8 ice cream tasted funny, then checked the package and found tiny print saying it was sugar-free. Whole Foods is an excellent place to buy alternate foods for a gluten-free, vegan, paleo or whatever diet. They’re an absolute mecca for fancy imitations of everyday brands (it’s just like an Oreo, but it costs $12 a pack!). Many of the store-brand items are very good quality. But as a general-purpose supermarket, it’s an incredibly aggravating place to shop: the produce is usually good, but the selection is underwhelming, many commonplace items are nowhere to be found and the prices are through the roof (similar to what I paid in Manhattan before moving here). And the whole Amazon situation has not helped anything. I go sometimes because the location is convenient. Oh what I would give to have a real grocery store in that same spot!

Is an expensive place but also so good for those that have allergies. Their sour dough bread is good and no soy in it. Gluten Free stuff available too. They do have speaicls at time their brand 365 is good quality..