Two more Whole Foods for Austin!

[NewTexican]

We like the Alon Market HEB a lot, and drive a considerable distance to shop there once every two weeks or so. I'm willing to pay more money for higher quality meet and produce (and especially items like bison or lamb) which are hard to find at regular HEB. I also enjoy their huge selection of beer and wine and their greater variety of baked goods (regular HEB never seems to have bagels). I also love the free samples there.

My family will stock up on pantry goods, dry goods and drinks at Target or Sam's Club and then occasionally drive to Alon for meat, beer and produce.

[Proffer]

I agree that HEB is fine (and Walmart and Target superstores) if you don't want organic food--if you want to consume the industrial farming pesticides that cause cancer, and load up on dairy and meats with bovine growth hormone injected in them so that you and your kids end up borrowing your wife's bras after a few short years... Unlike Whole Foods, HEB and the others would not DARE tell you where the food comes from, or what the chickens and cattle have eaten, because the smarter people would run like hell!!

[NewTexican]

Originally Posted by Proffer

I agree that HEB is fine (and Walmart and Target superstores) if you don't want organic food--if you want to consume the industrial farming pesticides that cause cancer, and load up on dairy and meats with bovine growth hormone injected in them so that you and your kids end up borrowing your wife's bras after a few short years... Unlike Whole Foods, HEB and the others would not DARE tell you where the food comes from, or what the chickens and cattle have eaten, because the smarter people would run like hell!!

I think there is plenty of debate on the benefits of organic food, and a number of studies find there is no significant advantage to eating organic:

Organic foods: Are they safer? More nutritious? - MayoClinic.com

Organic Food Not Nutritionally Better Than Conventionally-produced Food, Review Of Literature Shows

Organic not all that, nutrition study reveals :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Food (http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/food/1692331,CST-NWS-organic30.article - broken link)

The USDA certfies organic foods, but does not claim that they are healthier.

I actually like Whole Foods, but I don't feel like my life is in danger if I don't shop there.

[ashbeeigh]

Around the 4th of July I started to think about shopping organic and naturally for health reasons (read that it was better for a specific health reason). I went to Central Market and spent a ton of money on a ton of stuff to get started. I didn't buy everything organic (although I know everything probably should have been...I skipped organic fruits). That being said, Central Market is a tad out of the way for me so I tried shopping at the HEB on De Zavala for a lot of the same things. Aside from the organic fruit they have most of the same things that Central Market has as is very close.

Sure, I'd love a Whoel Foods (preferably closer than Central Market is to me) but I'm not going to throw a fit because it's not close when I get can most of the things I buy organic and natural at my local HEB.

[Bo]

While this tangent is on-topic in explaining why someone would want more WF stores in SA, we don't need to debate the value of organic vs. non-organic foods beyond the two posts quoted below in this San Antonio forum thread. It's a topic that people on both sides have strong feelings about and I can easily see the tangent taking over the thread. Feel free to pursue it further in the Food and Drink forum with members from all over the place.

Originally Posted by Proffer

I agree that HEB is fine (and Walmart and Target superstores) if you don't want organic food--if you want to consume the industrial farming pesticides that cause cancer, and load up on dairy and meats with bovine growth hormone injected in them so that you and your kids end up borrowing your wife's bras after a few short years... Unlike Whole Foods, HEB and the others would not DARE tell you where the food comes from, or what the chickens and cattle have eaten, because the smarter people would run like hell!!

Originally Posted by NewTexican

I think there is plenty of debate on the benefits of organic food, and a number of studies find there is no significant advantage to eating organic:

Organic foods: Are they safer? More nutritious? - MayoClinic.com

Organic Food Not Nutritionally Better Than Conventionally-produced Food, Review Of Literature Shows

Organic not all that, nutrition study reveals :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Food (http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/food/1692331,CST-NWS-organic30.article - broken link)

The USDA certfies organic foods, but does not claim that they are healthier.

I actually like Whole Foods, but I don't feel like my life is in danger if I don't shop there.