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Post by peteetongman on Apr 24, 2014 16:03:38 GMT -5
thanks WalMart!!! Walmart plans to announce on Thursday that it is putting its muscle behind Wild Oats organic products, offering the label at prices that will undercut brand-name organic competitors by at least 25 percent. The move by Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer and grocer, is likely to send shock waves through the organic market, in which an increasing number of food companies and retailers are seeking a toehold. “We’re removing the premium associated with organic groceries,” said Jack L. Sinclair, executive vice president of Walmart U.S.’s grocery division. The Wild Oats organic products will be priced the same as similar nonorganic brand-name goods. www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/business/walmart-to-offer-organic-line-of-food-at-cut-rate-prices.html?_r=0
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Post by apple on Apr 24, 2014 16:13:40 GMT -5
Well that should bring down the prices of organic foods across the board. I wonder if that is a good thing?
I think that organic food buyers are concerned about where the food comes from as well as the ethics behind the organic foods. You won't find me buying my organic foods at walmart as I don't shop there. My organic produce purchases are not price driven. Walmart trucks in a lot of produce that could be acquired locally, not good in my books for the local farmers nor for the environment. I like to buy local.
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Post by peteetongman on Apr 24, 2014 16:17:47 GMT -5
"....Walmart trucks in a lot of produce that could be acquired locally..."
I think it says in the article their goal is to source 80% locally. 100% is obviously not possible
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Post by apple on Apr 24, 2014 16:30:30 GMT -5
"....Walmart trucks in a lot of produce that could be acquired locally..." I think it says in the article their goal is to source 80% locally. 100% is obviously not possible Maybe it is different in Canada. When the Walmart here started selling produce I did go check it out. The one thing that especially stuck out to me was that when it was blueberry season and the local blueberry's were perfection, the blueberries at Walmart were from Washington State. That is just one example, same with strawberry's and so on. I wasn't impressed and never went back. I won't food shop at Walmart because they tend to carry made in China variations and a lot of sugary or starchy garbage food. I shop at Costco, the produce is (mostly)local and the food is much higher quality.
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Post by fwiw2 on Apr 24, 2014 17:23:24 GMT -5
Who defined the term "organic?" Is the word "organic" as meaningless as "natural?" The public is very gullible. They pay $2. per tire extra to get them inflated with nitrogen..........
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Post by apple on Apr 24, 2014 17:53:56 GMT -5
Who defined the term "organic?" Is the word "organic" as meaningless as "natural?" The public is very gullible. They pay $2. per tire extra to get them inflated with nitrogen.......... The Organic Products Regulations require mandatory certification to the revised National Organic Standard for agricultural products represented as organic in international and inter-provincial trade, or that bear the federal organic agricultural product legend (or federal logo). That is for Canada, I don't know about the states. Seems that for now it is all rather loosey goosey.
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Post by fwiw2 on Apr 24, 2014 17:58:04 GMT -5
Like low cholesterol motor oil and heart healthy panty hose, if they market it on television Americans will buy it. Look at the millions of suckers who bought into Faux Noooz.
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