whole foods
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NYPD Officer Shoots Shoplifting Suspect at Harlem Whole Foods
A New York City police officer shot a shoplifting suspect at a Whole Foods store in Harlem just around 8:30 p.m., the New York Daily News reports. It all started when a security guard chased a man into a bathroom who was suspected of shoplifting. “Something happened first. I saw when the guy went to…
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9 Things I’m Going to Try Very Hard Not to Be Annoyed by Anymore in 2018
Baby steps. Of course, this doesn’t mean I’m going to start giving a shit about zodiac signs—I’m a Capricorn, by the way, just in case you’re one of those people who give a shit—but I will attempt to stop being annoyed at people who do give shits. Admittedly, my annoyance with line dancing is at…
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Because Amazon.com Is Doing God’s Work, Whole Foods Won’t Cost Your Whole Damn Paycheck Anymore
When Amazon.com took over Whole Foods last week, it announced that it would start immediately lowering prices at the fancy grocery chain known for its expensive organic fruits and vegetables and asparagus water, and on Monday, the company made good on that promise by slashing prices by as much as 43 percent. Bloomberg reports that…
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On Whole Foods, Gentrification and the Erasure of Black Harlem
Bye-bye, black Harlem, glad I knew ye. Hello, Whole Foods, I do enjoy your products, but if you can gentrify greens, what chance do we really have? I first moved to Harlem in 1998. I was a young single mother in graduate school with a 2-year-old. Harlem offered me respite, refuge and safety in blackness…