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I think people are tired of getting diabetes. People are more health conscious than they used to be. You will also see more "health food" sections in regular grocery stores like Jewel/Safeway/Publix also.
I doubt that Fresh & Easy will overtake the others in popularity, since it's only in 3 states. In Milwaukee, Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are both popular - neither one has their numbers out there for the general public, so not sure how one can determine which is more popular. I know that whenever I'm at either one, they're crowded.
Well Trader Joes has the most stores followed by Whole Foods and then Fresh N Easy. Fresh N Easy are usually catoring to the smallest wealthy population and then next amount of population is TJ's and then you have Whole Foods. It will be interesting to see how many TJs and Whole Foods and Fresh N Easy we will have soon.
Well Trader Joes has the most stores followed by Whole Foods and then Fresh N Easy. Fresh N Easy are usually catoring to the smallest wealthy population and then next amount of population is TJ's and then you have Whole Foods. It will be interesting to see how many TJs and Whole Foods and Fresh N Easy we will have soon.
Whole Foods is much more of a full service grocery store than Trader Joes though, the organic/all natural version of a Safeway...so generally they are much bigger. TJ's is more of a niche store with limited items most of their own brand (similar to Aldi, same dudes...). I.E. you can get a lot there, but not everything really...There is no bakery/seafood/meat/lack of big produce dept/etc. Whole Foods, though I can't afford to shop there as frequently as I would like, is easily the better store. Fresh Market is decent as well primarily in the south east, as was Wild Oats (which Whole Foods bought.) Pacific Market and Oliver's in California are pretty awesome also (better than Whole Foods IMO) Also co-ops like New Leaf Market (East Coast) is pretty good.
Costco has also been expanding recently. Um, and Target. I can't think of anyone else. It seems like we need to see more clothing store expansions. What about PacSun in downtown settings? Must those stores be in malls all the time? I like downtowns better than mall and open-air malls and outlet malls.
The food you buy is the most important choice you make in life. Many middle and working class people are devoting more income toward quality food and reducing cost of living in other areas.
It's not just rich people shopping at these places, by far.
Eating healthy has nothing to do with economic status. The cost differential between buying produce that's been "truck-ripened" in route from Mexico and served up at WalMart versus grown within a few hundred miles and on the shelves within a couple of days at Whole Foods is marginal at best. Pass on a cell phone upgrade or two, or take HBO off of your cable menu instead if the extra $50 a month shopping for quality food is too much for you. Americans really need to get with it with their food choices.
I was just there today...it's very Whole Foods-ish and it's been around for 30 years or so. They have expanded pretty quickly over the past few years.
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