Sunday, March 23, 2008

I Hate Shopping at Whole Foods

I had to make a run to Whole Foods yesterday, not by choice. I hate going there. Let me explain...

When my son's allergies were identified we had to look for food alternatives. The local Safeway didn't have much to offer. Lucky for us, there is a Whole Foods a few miles away. I thought for sure I'd find some great alternatives there.

Well, the place is always super crowded and the aisles are so small it's impossible to get around in there. But that aside, here's the real reason I am so fed up with that place...

I HAVE managed to find some great alternative foods for my son. I found some snack bars, some cereals, some crackers, oat flour, etc. But they always discontinue everything I find and want to buy again. This has happened over a half a dozen times! I bring something home that's safe, my son actually likes it, I go back and they no longer carry it. They didn't just move it, because I always ask. It's drives me absolutely insane! I hate fighting the crowd to come home empty handed.

Yesterday's adventure to the store was for some Perky O's. I have been getting them there for a long time. Yesterday, they were gone, completely. No flavors and no spot for them to be on the shelf anymore. They used to take up a large section of the aisle. Why????

This has happened just too many times without warning or reason that I can figure out. I will only go there if absolutely necessary. I'm sure that eventually the couple things left that I go there for won't be available anymore anyways. I'm going to have to look for an alternate store now, or do more online shopping for foods. Maybe I can sweet talk my Safeway into carrying a few items.

1 comment:

  1. Hi!

    you can also order some speciality food items on Amazon.com, i can usually find a few things that I can't find in the stores.. and NEED for my food allergies..

    a good bet is talking to Safeway too. They may be receptive when they find that they could compete with Whole Foods :)

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