Fwd: [BCN] Fwd: produce comparison between harvest and whole foods prospect street

[Maruka Rivers]

I concur, I was just thinking the same thing, at least about the corporate power of WholeFoods. It's a multi-state, if not  national chain. I don't really shop at WholeFoods, not so much for political reasons, but because it's a little less accessible to me (I live in JP). Anywho, Happy Shopping....!
   
  Peace,
  Maruka


tania <porfeandamos at post.harvard.edu> wrote:
  forgive me if I'm overstepping the culture of this listserve, but doesn't this have a lot to do with the corporate buying power of the Whole Foods chain, which has at times been pretty explicit about being on a mission to squash local food coops, including Harvest?  I feel like I'm shopping at Harvest more for political reasons than to necessarily get the lowest price.  

tmm  

  On 1/5/07, Jeffrey Rosenblum < rosenblum.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:  I was surprized by this, just wanted to pass this info on to other
coopers. I'm not sending this to discourage shopping at Harvest (I was
on the Board for 5 years), just to encourage coops to get active in
communicating their concerns to the Board. 

Jeff
Bishop Allen Drive Coop

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From: Jeffrey Rosenblum < rosenblum.jeff at gmail.com>
Date: Jan 5, 2007 8:58 PM 
Subject: produce comparison between harvest and whole foods prospect street


All--

I'm catering a party for 100, and part of the menu is lamb (which I
rarely cook), so I bought that at Whole Foods Prospect Street store. 
While I was there (I'm never there, I'm always at Harvest), I did some
comparisons pricing of organic produce, and ended up buying all my
produce there. I thought you might be interested in the difference, 
which surprized me quite a bit.

Best,
Jeff


January 5, 2007

All items are organic.

item -- harvest price -- whole foods price

leeks -- $4.89/lb -- $2.98/lb
yellow onions -- $1.50/lb -- $1.98/lb 
red onions -- $2.39/lb -- $1.98/lb
yukon potatoes -- $7 for 5lbs -- $3.98 for 5lbs
parsnips -- $3.79/lb -- $2.19/lb
carrots -- $5.99 for 5lb bag -- $4.49 for 5lb bag
beets -- $4.29 per bunch -- $2.49 per bunch 
turnips -- $2.29/lb -- $1.98/lb
parsley -- $2.19/bunch -- $1.49/bunch
romaine lettuce -- $3.99 /head -- $2.49 /head
dates -- $9.99/lb -- $7.98/lb
arugula -- $2.99 /bunch -- $2.49 /bunch
cilantro -- $2.99 /bunch -- $1.49 /bunch 
watercress (harvest did not have any)
endive (harvest did not have any)
local massachusetts boston-head lettuce -- $2.49 /head -- (harvest did
not carry)
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