Wednesday, March 09, 2005
...Paper or Plastic?
If this is the wave of the future then I may have to consider a return to hunting and gathering.
The things that get me riled up about this article on Whole Foods bigger fancier store are probably too numerous to rant all at once but here are a few.
-Even if I thought shopping for food was a bore I don't want to prolong it with more choices and a bigger space to move through. Lately my husband and I have been doing more shopping at Trader Joe's and Aldi. What we are finding we like about them is that they are smaller, easier to navigate, have good prices and especially in the case of TJ's have excellent quality food. I am so much calmer after shopping in a less hectic less choices environment.
-You would have to be insane to try and shop in a store like they describe with kids in tow! I can just picture my son elbow deep in the chocolate river fountain. Ok there is an outdoor playground but that only works for me if they provide free licensed care workers to play with my kids while I shop.
-1.69 for a single strawberry, I just paid that for a whole pound.
-Which brings us to budget, even if you have a weekly budget of 250 to 600 dollars like some of the people mentioned in this article, there must be better more responsible things to be spending it on then a shopping experience? After all isn't part of the target clientele the "fruit and granola" socially and environmentally conscience crowd? They almost admit that they are aiming to combine hedonism with a balm for the conscience.
-I guess what really bothers me is the assumption that everything has to be an experience and more then the minimal function required and the way that is often forced on us with out leaving us an option. "They are not just selling food.... they're selling life" and "You can't just be a purveyor of meal ingredients anymore.." Am I the only person that buys food to be part of a meal or is all food now an experience and though food sustains life it is not life.
I really struggled last year when my husband and I started doing Atkins dieting with attitudes toward food and its appropriate biblical place in my life. I ended up using a bible study by Elyse Fitzpatrick to help me work through not using food as love or as a substitute for God in times of stress etc. While it should be good and enjoyable and healthy it should also be in perspective and not become an idol or a form of entertainment or all consuming fulfillment.
well my kids are getting antsy so I will go and clean up our lunch crumbs. Thanks for letting me get some of that off my chest.
The things that get me riled up about this article on Whole Foods bigger fancier store are probably too numerous to rant all at once but here are a few.
-Even if I thought shopping for food was a bore I don't want to prolong it with more choices and a bigger space to move through. Lately my husband and I have been doing more shopping at Trader Joe's and Aldi. What we are finding we like about them is that they are smaller, easier to navigate, have good prices and especially in the case of TJ's have excellent quality food. I am so much calmer after shopping in a less hectic less choices environment.
-You would have to be insane to try and shop in a store like they describe with kids in tow! I can just picture my son elbow deep in the chocolate river fountain. Ok there is an outdoor playground but that only works for me if they provide free licensed care workers to play with my kids while I shop.
-1.69 for a single strawberry, I just paid that for a whole pound.
-Which brings us to budget, even if you have a weekly budget of 250 to 600 dollars like some of the people mentioned in this article, there must be better more responsible things to be spending it on then a shopping experience? After all isn't part of the target clientele the "fruit and granola" socially and environmentally conscience crowd? They almost admit that they are aiming to combine hedonism with a balm for the conscience.
-I guess what really bothers me is the assumption that everything has to be an experience and more then the minimal function required and the way that is often forced on us with out leaving us an option. "They are not just selling food.... they're selling life" and "You can't just be a purveyor of meal ingredients anymore.." Am I the only person that buys food to be part of a meal or is all food now an experience and though food sustains life it is not life.
I really struggled last year when my husband and I started doing Atkins dieting with attitudes toward food and its appropriate biblical place in my life. I ended up using a bible study by Elyse Fitzpatrick to help me work through not using food as love or as a substitute for God in times of stress etc. While it should be good and enjoyable and healthy it should also be in perspective and not become an idol or a form of entertainment or all consuming fulfillment.
well my kids are getting antsy so I will go and clean up our lunch crumbs. Thanks for letting me get some of that off my chest.
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See, the "fruit and granola" types all made out like bandits monetarily, and now are the Bohemeian Bourgeoise (sp?) or BoBos. This is catering to the boBOs at the expense of the BObos
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