Whole Foods
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Does Whole Foods “prime” us to shop?
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Making the rounds on the Internet: an interesting, if dubious, account of how Whole Foods weaves a spell around shoppers, enticing them to buy more. Among the “tricks” Martin Linstrom, author of Brandwashed, delineates: arranging flowers at the entrance to give a sense of freshness and delicacy; chalkboard signage designed to look like road-side produce signs; and only displaying bananas of a particular hue. But does any of this matter?
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Pay zillions for the privilege of living above Whole Foods
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D.C. renters can now experience the Whole Foods lifestyle 24/7 in the comfort of The Residences on the Avenue apartments. The units, located directly above the new Whole Foods in Foggy Bottom, offer easy access to the wonders of Icelandic lamb and coconut water in addition to the silliest apartment website known to man.
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Internet goes ballistic at thought of saving $10 at Whole Foods
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The idea of getting a deal on organic aseptic coconut milk and wild haddock fillet sent the Internet into an absolute tizzy this morning. But what can this little deal actually get you?
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Whole Foods opens with fancy refrigeration
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The opening of Whole Foods in Foggy Bottom this morning means more than a chance to ride a cart escalator or buy sustainable swordfish. Today the store becomes the first in the District to achieve the EPA’s standard for refrigerant emissions.
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Get ready for cart escalators, D.C. shoppers
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These machines are about to become the new normal as grocery stores grow up instead of out.
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A sneak peek at the new Foggy Bottom Whole Foods
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Touch-screen ordering, cart escalator, Post-Its, oh my!
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Act now: Deals on pie in honor of pointless food holiday
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Food holidays are dumb. Utterly fabricated, rooted in nothing, purely promotional, and never ending, they rarely warrant mention. But just because National Peach Pie Day is a faux holiday, that's no reason to turn down a perfectly good deal on a peach pie.
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Whole Foods smacked with lawsuit for collecting zip codes
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When that retail employee innocently asks for your zip code at checkout, most will rattle it off without a second thought. But one California woman alleges that Whole Foods used those zip codes, along with additional information from credit cards, to obtain customers’ home addresses.
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How Twitter explains everything about local grocery stores
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The online chatter about each local grocery store reveals pretty much everything you need to know about them. Plus: the quintessential Whole Foods tweet.
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One sommelier abandons fine dining for the grocery store
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Working at a grocery store isn’t exactly the endgame most people envision when they undertake the lengthy, difficult process of becoming a sommelier. But after dropping out of the intense fine-dining scene, one wine expert is happy to advise Whole Foods shoppers on which olives to put with that Chianti.
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Whole Foods infuriates the Internet with halal foods
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Islamophobes want to boycott Whole Foods for pandering to Muslims. Others want to boycott Whole Foods for pandering to Islamophobes. Normal people just want to shop for halal-certified lemongrass chicken in peace.
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Foggy Bottom Whole Foods map!
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Whole Foods opens its Foggy Bottom doors Sept. 6, steps away from the only college students who can afford to shop at Whole Foods.
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Islamophobes hate Sharia, Whole Foods, and non-local tomatoes
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Whole Foods starts selling Halal frozen food to coincide with Ramadan, inciting tirades against Islam and bad produce in the blogosphere.
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Detroit will have a Whole Foods before Capitol Hill
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Detroit, butt of a thousand jokes for its dwindling population and association with 8 Mile, has just managed to out-yuppie some of D.C.’s yuppiest neighborhoods. By 2013, the Motor City will have a Whole Foods, and Capitol Hill won’t.
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Old-timey Vienna Whole Foods to finally get a pizza oven
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The 15-year-old store starts a 10-week renovation today. Residents will finally have a hot bar to rival P Street's.
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Eat American this weekend! American Indian foods abound at Living Earth Festival
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If you can’t stomach eating another mini hot dog or dish of macaroni or plate that’s the size of a quarter or whatever other trend that threatens to dull your weekend diet, the Museum of the American Indian’s Living Earth Festival promises to mix it up.
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Questionable fashion at Whole Foods
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A grocery store that gets so much right makes an oh-so-wrong foray into apparel.
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Whole Foods stores around the region go wild for cherries
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Samples abound!
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