Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Whole Foods Market coming to London

Ahhh, and it's nice and local for me so I'm sure I'll be popping in there at some point :)

I'm still annoyed that they closed Barkers down though :(
 
i heart whole foods.


wait, that was a crazy short post :[

i go shopping almost only at whole foods and wild oats (acquired by whole foods) here...it's not cheap, but they have a LOT of food and stuff that's not as expensive as everyone makes it out to be and you get to find things you can't even begin to think about finding elsewhere here...I love it. speaking of which, i was gonna go tomorrow morning to get stuff for dinner :eek:
 
Can someone explain the difference between a Whole Foods store and Planet Organic or Fresh And Wild? Are they going to have a significantly better range and quality?
 
Peterkro said:
I guess it's handy for some people but I can't help thinking it's just big business trying to exploit a market that's a bit trendy at the moment.I'll keep going to Brixton Wholefoods more suited to my style and pocket.:)
Click to expand...
I dunno the more local place you've mentioned, but that's really how I feel about Whole Foods. Seems any time I mention as such though, one of their staunch supporters smacks me in the back o' the head. :D I prefer Trader Joe's or New Leaf (even smaller little place) or other tiny places. That said, I know I'm lucky and live in a place w/ incredible access to fresh produce and whatnot. :D
 
eluk said:
Being in East London I don't think it would be worth the effort.
Click to expand...
Same for anywhere outside of Kensington/Knightsbridge/Chelsea really. But if it's successful, they could open further branches so it's worth keeping an eye on.
 
fresh and wild and whole foods are now one and the same, it's simply a rebranding thing.

The last time I went to a fresh and wild was the one in kensington near portobello road, it was closing down, so I think whole foods has just bought fresh and wild and is just moving the store to the high street and rebranding it under their own name.

tbh I prefered the old location as it was easy to park.

I wish they just opened a store in edinburgh, I can't find a place to buy allot of stuff I like.
 
Whole foods is an aweseome place to buy meat, cheese, fish, or poultry. It can be expensive. I suggest a balance on what you buy where. Unless you want to spend twice as much on your groceries, you might figure out what is worth spending more money on. For me it is the things listed above.
 
Oh it's going to be SUCH an awesome store. I'm jealous! Imagine how different the stuff will be compared to in stores here. One of my favourite things to do is visit Whole Foods (or other similar natural food or gourmet grocery stores) in different cities around the US.
 
devilot said:
I dunno the more local place you've mentioned, but that's really how I feel about Whole Foods. Seems any time I mention as such though, one of their staunch supporters smacks me in the back o' the head. :D I prefer Trader Joe's or New Leaf (even smaller little place) or other tiny places. That said, I know I'm lucky and live in a place w/ incredible access to fresh produce and whatnot. :D
Click to expand...

I L<3 Trader Joes. They have such wonderfully tasting mangos in the summer. I just wish it was closer to us. I think the closest one is at least five miles away. With the way gas prices are climbing it's just so much easier to zip over to the local Shoppers or walk to the Giant supermarket.

Either way, Whole Foods was the only place I could find Raspberry Leaf and Pregnancy tea back when I was trying to get the little one to come out (it didn't work, but it was worth a shot). Not to mention that the Whole Foods cakes are so yummy.
 
eluk said:
Being in East London I don't think it would be worth the effort.
Click to expand...
If you look at Health food shops on this page:

http://www.healon.co.uk/east/efood.html

you'll see a selection of places in East London,it's out of my manor so I can't recommend any though, Food For All in Stoke Newington looks interesting.There are good places all around inner London many of them run by volunteers as co-ops, its worth checking out.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back