Whole Foods Healthcare Fallout?
Local reactions to the national controversy stirred by Whole Foods CEO's Wall Street Journal health care op-ed are mixed.
Many progressive Whole Foods shoppers were shocked when CEO John Mackey wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal that questioned the need for government-run health care. In the piece, headlined "The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare," Mackey said health care is not a constitutionally guaranteed right, and argued that health is largely a matter of individual responsibility. The piece caused a stir among healthcare advocates. Shoppers in Austin, Texas, and Berkeley, California, have picketed Whole Foods stores. A “Boycott Whole Foods” Facebook group has almost 28,000 members. Locally, the reaction has been mixed. Some customers, initially drawn to Whole Foods for its politics as much as its food, have questioned their loyalty to…
Mary Mann
11:36 am on Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Great piece, Lois! I was wondering how this was going over locally. more ›