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Winston Salem had "natural groceries" well before Greensboro with it's Whole Foods open and thriving since the 1990s. Greensboro is a bit of a "Johnny Come Lately" in that category.
I beg to differ... I love W-S as much as anyone, but Fresh Market was founded in Greensboro in 1982.
Arby, I see where you're coming from with your point, however, Fresh Market is not generally considered natural or organic as it is "gourmet," (and IMHO, overpriced). Whole Foods, and Trader Joes, on the other hand, are geared more natural and organic, which was the original point in question. A lot of people tend to forget about The Golden Apple (or have never even heard of it) which has been around probably as long as Fresh Market.
Winston Salem had "natural groceries" well before Greensboro with it's Whole Foods open and thriving since the 1990s. Greensboro is a bit of a "Johnny Come Lately" in that category.
Not that it matters who was first, but there's this:
Arby, I see where you're coming from with your point, however, Fresh Market is not generally considered natural or organic as it is "gourmet," (and IMHO, overpriced). Whole Foods, and Trader Joes, on the other hand, are geared more natural and organic, which was the original point in question. A lot of people tend to forget about The Golden Apple (or have never even heard of it) which has been around probably as long as Fresh Market.
Hmmm. You might be twisting yourself in knots to make that point, I think. Regardless of how it's "generally considered," Fresh Market competes directly with Whole Foods and has plenty of the same kind of organic, healthy, local options as WF.
But yet again we've gotten into splitting hairs. As of TODAY, both cities have Whole Foods and Fresh Market, Greensboro has an Earth Fare and both cities have a variety of local options (Deep Roots, Washington Perk, etc.) to supplement those. Heck, i'm in a food co-op, so I get organic produce straight to my door without going to any of those stores with any regularity. Options exist for that in both cities.
My points are taken straight from Wikipedia. Bottom line, it's all in one's perception and public opinion, which can vary greatly, especially among the posters on citi data forum.
Slightly off topic: I was pretty disgusted when the government "standardized" what constitutes organic. All they did was open the flood gates for deceptive labeling.
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