Earth Fare Demise
2022 0831 Wednesday @ 10:02
Anyone who would question the need for Earth Fare in TV's area undoubtedly does not understand what buying "healthy" foods means.
Those of us who seek foods that we consider appropriate for ourselves and / or our children would undoubtedly shop Earth Fare. We "health conscious buyers" don't just buy groceries, we "invest" in food that will keep us healthy; healthy for decades to come. We shop at The Villages Grown. We shop at Fresh Market. We will soon shop at Sprouts Farmers Market (aka Sprouts).
IMHO (in my humble opinion)
Anyone who would compare Publix* to Earth Fare for "healthy" foods is "lost." Anyone who would compare Winn Dixie to Earth Fare is hopelessly "lost."
Trader Joe's is an inexpensive chain carrying a lot of their own brand. They are popular because they are inexpensive. Aldi is an inexpensive, foreign chain. I believe that food quality is an "after thought" for those chains.
Fresh Market has really good food, but admittedly at a premium. They are my "go to" in TV for healthy foods. Sorry for overlooking the "local" mom and pop shops.
Whole Foods likely could not succeed with the current generation of residents in TV.
Why? I have increasingly come to believe that the preponderance of residents currently in TV simply does not realize that the healthy foods that they ate when young (and in the quantities that they consumed) was good, healthy food. What you buy in the grocery today is junk food, IMHO.
OMGosh, whenever I walk into a Publix (yes, they do carry some organic foods for which I am very thankful), the lines at the deli (processed foods) is disheartening.
I am like the writer who stated that he/she doesn't dine out often. I rarely dine out. Why? Think about the ingredients in the food that you are consuming What do you know about those ingredients? Is the meat 100% grass fed? Are the mashed potatoes made with organic potatoes? Is your asparagus organic? Is the water in your drink "clean?"
Am I overwhelming you yet?
Hold back when you've made your grocery purchase at your local Publix / Winn Dixie. I mean to just pause for a few minutes and look back at what people are buying. What is being rung up? Sodas, sweet teas, cereals, all with unbelievable amounts of sugar (and it is "unhealthy" sugar). Canned soups, frozen 'ready to warm' dishes with stunning quantities of sodium.
Out government must spend millions on educating the populace on what is and isn't healthy. Who listens?
Bottom Line
Strip down and look in a full length mirror. How do you look? Remember what you've been told for decades? You are what you eat.
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