Whole Foods sells a bunch of junk!
August 14, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Green Living
Well, I didn’t say it. Actually John Mackey, the chief executive of a London area Whole Foods, said it. According to the Telegraph, Mr Mackey noted that shoppers have been let down because Whole Foods, or his Whole Foods maybe in particular has been filling the shelves with fat-laden products.
He said: “We sell a bunch of junk. We’ve decided if Whole Foods doesn’t take a leadership role in educating people about a healthy diet, who the heck is going to do it?” True that. Especially on the heels of the recently launched Whole Foods healthy site for school lunches – …read more
Join the School Lunch Revolution
August 10, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Green Living
Whole Foods Market and Chef Ann Cooper, the nation’s “Renegade Lunch Lady,” have joined forces and launched a new “School Lunch Revolution” campaign along with a helpful website, The Lunch Box. This is a national campaign created to help parents and schools revolutionize and improve the way children eat. According to the CDC, “One in three children born in the year 2000 will have diabetes, and 30 percent of them are overweight, and that the cost of treating diabetes in the United States is estimated at $174 billion each year.”
Our schools aren’t helping. Over 30 million children eat federally funded …read more
Whole Foods Doing Poorly in Hard Economy
July 14, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Green Living
A new Forbes report notes that Whole Foods is not doing oh so well due to hard times all over. According to the report, Whole Foods “Will take part in a program to confirm it only sells products that have not been genetically modified. The rally follows a 25% drop in Whole Foods’ stock price, from a near-term high of $22.72 on May 4, amid concerns about Whole Foods ability to retain shoppers as the recession drags on.”
It’s not that sad of news to me. Frankly I was bummed when Whole Foods bought out Wild Oats Market, another natural food …read more
Sensei Giveaway: $100 Whole Foods Gift Card
May 7, 2009 by Ellen Ewart
Filed under Recipes
Sensei’s back again in Blisstree’s We Love You, Moms Giveaway by offering to take a load off mom’s mind by loading her up with Whole Foods groceries! One $100 Whole Foods gift certificate, generously sponsored by Sensei for Weight Loss, goes to one lucky winner!
Sensei for Weight Loss is a mobile nutrition program that assists and guides people with busy lifestyles in managing their diets and weight loss through healthy eating and fitness. With your gift certificate for Whole Foods, you can get a great start in your nutrition program with healthy choices at your fingertips.
This giveaway is CLOSED.
Congrats to …read more
Bloggy Giveaway: Q.bel All Natural Candy Bars
January 26, 2009 by Heather R.
Filed under Recipes
Q.bel Foods, a new premium chocolate candy bar company, announced today that it has rolled out a new line of chocolate candy bars that are pure, all-natural and delicious!
Q.bel chocolate candy bars are made without any artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, high fructose corn syrup or hydrogenated oils (trans fat). Q.bel candy bars are available at Whole Foods Markets nationwide.
“We aspire to provide our customers with the best tasting chocolate candy bars on the planet,” said Bahram Shirazi, CEO of Q.bel Foods.
“We live by three simple beliefs: Be True, Be Honest, Be Good. At Q.bel we use only the …read more




