Nat's reviews
Review of Whole Foods
25 Jun 07, 21:24
Being ethical can mean paying a lot and eating bad sausages 
I was very impressed when I first walked in - there are escalators for trolleys, and jets of water squirting periodically over the fresh produce to keep conditions right. But look again and you'll see the range of fresh goods is actually quite limited - I couldn't find a pot of cress, for example.
Some options are deceptively pricey: used to Morrisons' salad bar (sold by pot size), I stuffed a large salad pot full of cold cooked veg. Unfortunately it was sold by weight and came to £11! (No, I couldn't believe it either.) The pork and leek sausages were also over-priced, but while the salad was quite nice, these were lumpy, chewy and generated instant belly ache.
I dislike the mainstream supermarkets as much as the next hippy. But if you want to support local, ethically-produced food, and to actually enjoy eating it, go to a farmer's market or join a box scheme instead.
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