Why it's OK to steal from Central Market and Whole Foods
posted by Free Press Houston @ 10:07 AM
by Belligerent Me
" We throw away an obscene amount of food every day" says the adamantly unnamed employeee at Central Market. " They watch us like hawks when we dispose of food and it is a very regimented process." Despite their friendly facades of 'organic foods' , earth conciousness, and vegetarian friendly items, grocers like Whole Foods and Central Market make a large part of their revenue by serving prepared foods in a deli style atmosphere.
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if you had written this article with the point of view that these companies waist food and should change their policies, I think you would have been fine. but trying to justify your stealing because they aren't operating their businesses they way you think they should seems as logical as justifying the murder of abortion clinic doctors because you think what they are doing is wrong.
did you actually do any research for this article or did you just talk to your friends that happen to work at one of these stores?
Maybe you should steal the trash, since the trash is what bothers you.
are you an executive for whole foods? please, please, please, if you are going to post some bullshit like this post under a non anonymous name. i do not steal at all so i wouldn't steal from either of these stores for ANY reason. BUT i could give a shit less if someone steals some overpriced organic bullshit whether it is for survival or as an act of angst. why do you care?
Maybe Anonymouse should use a name.
Steal from Mango's. Walk the check, it is cool.
Stealing is fun. So is eating. So is growing your own food, stealing it from the ground, and then eating it.
And, you shouldn't feed the FPHers: This type of behavior only encourages them.
obviously you did zero research for this article since every single thing you said about the prepared foods at whole foods is completely untrue. what i find amusing is that instead of making some point about "waste" all you managed to do was shoot yourselves in the foot - 90% of the people who work at whole foods are involved in the arts/music/theater community and you really pissed us off with your bullshit article. the only way most of us are able to continue making art is by having a steady well-paying job with insurance which whole foods provides. i'm appalled at the lack of journalism going on here - i've enjoyed your paper for years and treasured the "other" view you provided - a real local paper that isn't influenced by advertisers or publishers is rare and i was happy to lend my support. that's over now. whole foods used to carry free press out in front of the store but we don't anymore - we composted them.
shame on you free press, shame on you.
Stealing increases prices even more.
The writer failed to research answers the the problem. If you ask Whole Foods or Central Market why they don't donate the food to a shelter, compost, or give the food away, you will find a pretty simple answer : they would if they could, however, the law isn't so friendly about it. There must be a line to be drawn when passing food to anyone, free or not. Who is to say when an item is unsafe to eat when it's not monitored? That's why there are laws that require food in buffets to only stand out for a few hours at most. Who will regulate temperature during the transition to the shelter? Making people ill is the main concern.
Even compost sites require a great deal of labor to sort and ensure employees aren't throwing incorrect items into the bin. Just as recycling took many many years for Whole Foods to implement as a company for that reason, the same problems will happen with composting. Any time the a plastic bottle is in the glass bin, the recycling company will actually charge to correct it.
Servings are way too big and it's known that the majority of stores and restaurants give much more than one needs for one serving. The best bet we have here is to compost our leftovers and trimmings ourselves to soften the blow to the world until Whole Foods and Central market figure out a good system that complies with the laws. I would highly doubt they aren't working on that as we speak. Dear Writer, I seriously doubt you compost at home.
Also, keep in mind it is a known fact, when you give a starving country tons of canned food to sustain their community, it won't fix the problem. They will consume and eat until they are starving yet again. The only way to correct that problem is giving them knowledge and tools to feed themselves through their own farming. In our case in Houston, we'd be better off giving them the tools for career training, or even farming so they can grow their own food.
The article written here sounds very one-sided and angry. The writer ends up with doubtful credibility. Instead of complaining about a problem and stealing to raise prices for people who actually pay, it would be better to apply your efforts into finding a solution instead of complaining.
Whole Foods Market and Central Market are businesses. Their number one goal is to maximize profit and eliminate a loss. Making too much food and ordering too much is inventoried, monitored, and fixed. Obviously it's not in their best interest for money to be thrown away. That's why the best buyers are ones who have minimal waste.
not an efficient practice, but then again... i dont have an answer.
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