Comments on: The Whole Foods Boycott and other things, food related… http://www.mama-is.com/the-whole-foods-boycott-and-other-things-food-related/ old comic archives... Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:05:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: admin http://www.mama-is.com/the-whole-foods-boycott-and-other-things-food-related/comment-page-1/#comment-2696 admin Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:20:48 +0000 http://www.mama-is.com/?p=743#comment-2696 Hi Lori, For me, I was shocked to find out about the CEO's beliefs (but perhaps more shocked by his publishing them in the newspaper, as if the 'loyal' customers, a great many of whom would disagree, didn't matter.) But I was more shocked to hear that he's anti-union. My family is a union family and proudly so. But I misspoke in my post, I'm not technically joining the boycott, a boycott is effective as a temporary withdrawal of money, to prove a point. Not as an endless removal of cash forever. I don't shop at Whole Foods very often anyways, I have one (a brand new flagship store, gorgeous!) within 2 miles of my house (as the crow flies, though I would have to drive to get there) But I frankly can't afford to shop there. I go if I need a remedy of some kind, and can only buy a few things there, ever. Whether I join or not is probably immaterial to the CEO (I do find it interesting, that as corporations have gained 'personhood' and constitutional rights to free speech and other guaranteed provisions, that we allow that there isn't any one person who is responsible for the corporation. Is there no one that speaks for them, or acts for them in their name?The CEO is just an 'employee', the shareholders are just one of many, who is actually responsible for the actions of the corporation? If no one is responsible then why do they have the 'rights'? I'm not asking anyone, I'm just asking ;o) But, this knowledge will guide my personal shopping choices. But really, there aren't many choices are there? (Okay, that one I'm asking) xox, Heather ps. I had hoped that the nuances of my thinking on this subject would come through, but I'm altering the original post a bit to reflect my real thoughts on the matter. Hi Lori,
For me, I was shocked to find out about the CEO’s beliefs (but perhaps more shocked by his publishing them in the newspaper, as if the ‘loyal’ customers, a great many of whom would disagree, didn’t matter.) But I was more shocked to hear that he’s anti-union. My family is a union family and proudly so. But I misspoke in my post, I’m not technically joining the boycott, a boycott is effective as a temporary withdrawal of money, to prove a point. Not as an endless removal of cash forever. I don’t shop at Whole Foods very often anyways, I have one (a brand new flagship store, gorgeous!) within 2 miles of my house (as the crow flies, though I would have to drive to get there) But I frankly can’t afford to shop there. I go if I need a remedy of some kind, and can only buy a few things there, ever.

Whether I join or not is probably immaterial to the CEO (I do find it interesting, that as corporations have gained ‘personhood’ and constitutional rights to free speech and other guaranteed provisions, that we allow that there isn’t any one person who is responsible for the corporation. Is there no one that speaks for them, or acts for them in their name?The CEO is just an ‘employee’, the shareholders are just one of many, who is actually responsible for the actions of the corporation? If no one is responsible then why do they have the ‘rights’? I’m not asking anyone, I’m just asking ;o)

But, this knowledge will guide my personal shopping choices. But really, there aren’t many choices are there? (Okay, that one I’m asking)

xox,
Heather

ps. I had hoped that the nuances of my thinking on this subject would come through, but I’m altering the original post a bit to reflect my real thoughts on the matter.

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