I shop almost exclusively at WF.

Nope. the whole organic thing is bullshit. I do like the unfiltered apple juice though.

Our only real options here without driving to Birmingham (about 90 minutes for me) is Public, Winn Dixie, and Walmart. Whole Foods still carries quite a bit I can't get elsewhere without shopping online. For instance... I'm making dal tonight. I've looked in every store within 50 miles and couldn't find red lentils. Yet there they were in WF for $1.29/lb.

Like I said earlier, I don't give a shit about organic. I like WF because their produce, fish, and bakeries are second to none around here.

As noted above - Aldi will go all-organic in January '17, so think about them for your produce needs at a lower price point. (FYI, Aldis and Trader Joes were owned by two brothers - one (Albrecht) was kidnapped back in the 70s and they bargained the ransom down.) I worked briefly @ Sprouts as a good part time job since I know this and that and it proved useful there. Nice food and always take advantage of their sales but be aware, they have some hard charger bosses who won't let old guys w/sciatica sit down when they need to. That shouldn't bother you tho, I still shop there and sit down anytime I please. Whole Foods (Whole Paycheck) has great bread and seafood and produce - and access to a ton of useful stuff you may have a hard time finding elsewhere. There are very few bargains but it's a good place to buy 'a certain type of vitamin D' plus bread/seafood/produce. All of these joints are a good place to girlwatch. Assume the girls are high maintenance but like to be spanked and you'll go far.

I don't eat seals because the taste is disgusting. Haven't seen any issues with shellfish, salmon or halibut. We dipnet or get fish from friends who dipnet and if a salmon looks bad we won't eat it.

I haven't heard of so much radioactive items coming ashore. I know there are places where debris has washed ashore but not so much about radioactive stuff.

Whole Foods, Wegmans, and Trader Joes all have some really unique foods and really good. They aren't the cheapest places around especially Whole Food and Wegmans.

Well, I didn't think you ate seals, so much as I thought what they got may also affect the other fish. I read there's dead starfish and starfish with growths that has washed ashore in Cali too. Just curious.

I will no longer eat Alaska salmon or anything from the Pacific. I had Chilean langostinos and got sick from it. No shrimp from Indonesia for me any more. Only Gulf or Atlantic seafood now.

Look at the socialite! :D

Good. More for me. You can keep your Atlantic Salmon and I will have the much tastier Pacific.

Plus, if there is some radiation, you're on your way to being an X-Man. Better fish, X-Man possibility. Win-win.

I only eat inorganic foods so no....except for thier asparagus water. It's over the top!
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No

Anyone who buys a 6 dollar asparagus water deserves to be separated from their money.

Only for beer