Whole Foods Vs. Food Coop
Today the Observer runs a story on the impending arrival of Whole Foods and its possible threat to the Park Slope Food Coop. “Whole Foods is more of an ideological challenge to the Park Slope Food Coop, the headquarters of arch-Park Slope living, than it is a threat to business,” states the article, which points…
Today the Observer runs a story on the impending arrival of Whole Foods and its possible threat to the Park Slope Food Coop. “Whole Foods is more of an ideological challenge to the Park Slope Food Coop, the headquarters of arch-Park Slope living, than it is a threat to business,” states the article, which points out the the Coop has a higher profit margin than Whole Foods. Writer and Park Slope resident Amy Sohn vowed not to make the switch from the Coop to Whole Foods, but hoped the Coop members “who wind up on the blacklist” would. She says the people who will enjoy the Whole Foods most “Want to replicate their sort of Mall of America experience in New York City, so they love that you can have a Whole Foods in Brooklyn.” Like it or not, the site will be built: the article reveals an Austin-based construction company will begin work 2011 and will open the store late 2012.
Whole Prudes: Austin Comes to Gowanus [Observer]
Clyde, you probably come up to the real Clyde about waist-high, right. That would be an appropriate height for you. He can rest his beer can on top of your block head while you go at it.
Anagram generator:
BrownstonerButtBoy = Bad Untidy Eves
Count the letters, moron.
“Who gives a flying fu*k where different people choose to shop. ”
Because apparently where you shop has now become a political statement.
Actually I’d like submit a question to the Sanhedrin on these things – because I’d like to make sure I am still allowed to take my morning crap in peace, I am now concerned that I will be maligned for not caring about the Gowanus canal “estuary”
“My apologies for being stupid mofo. Please enlighten me on how to do an anagram correctly. Can you not rearrange “Bad Untidy Eves” into your screen name?”
a better anagram for “daveinbedstuy” would be:
Invaded But Yes
Price of Garbanzo beans at Union Market – $1.99
Price of Garbanzo beans at Food Co-op – $1.59
Price of retaining your dignity by not wearing a florescent orange vest while walking a shopping cart all over hell and back in 30 degree weather for lazy Park Slope Food Co-op members = Priceless
Awesome plan DH. How late is the coop open? You and I are totally going to show up piss drunk asking to become members so we can buy some organic beer.
BrownstonerButtBoy,
My apologies for being stupid mofo. Please enlighten me on how to do an anagram correctly. Can you not rearrange “Bad Untidy Eves” into your screen name?
“Christ on a cracker!”
Don’t you start with the racial slurs too, tybur6!!!!
While the verbal slanging match is kinda funny, more to the point: why is this even a story???
Who gives a flying fu*k where different people choose to shop.
Co-op folks go to the co-op; those who want to go to Whole Foods go to WF. No need to set up false conflict/drama.
The only takeaways I have from the piece are:
(1) Amy Sohn is an insufferable douche
(2) as a “writer” she’s basically an unoriginal, wannabe Candace Bushnell (sp?) … far from an artiste for the bobo co-op types to be proud of
(3) her quotes only make the Observer, & by association other co-op members, come off badly (I know some who aren’t like her, but yikes, is Amy Sohn representative of the average member??)
Wow… Amy Sohn is a self-righteous bitch. Christ on a cracker! Get over yourself.