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Food shopping with an iPhone

Posted Mar 26th 2008 4:03PM by Stefani Pollack
Filed under: Trends, Newspapers, Stores & Shopping

I have a cell phone that is just a phone. It makes calls. I am online eighty percent of my day. When I'm out of my house, I like to talk to live human beings.

The Los Angeles Times reports that "Wil Shipley, a Seattle software developer, uses his iPhone at the Whole Foods fish counter to check websites for updates on which seafood is the most environmentally correct to purchase. He quizzes the staff on where and how a fish was caught."

Why not trust that the guy behind the fish counter knows about the fish he sells? Do we only place our trust in Google now and not the people who work in our neighborhood shops?

Do you think it was smart for Wil to question the fish counter staff or just plain rude?

FTC trying to stop Whole Foods, Wild Oats merger

Posted Jun 6th 2007 8:18AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Business, Organic, Stores & Shopping

Whole Foods' plan to merge with Wild Oats Markets has just hit a snag.

The Federal Trade Commission is trying to stop the proposed merger, saying that if the two organic foods giants get together it would lead to higher prices and be bad for consumers. But Whole Foods chairman John P. Mackey says in a statement:

"The F.T.C. has failed to recognize the robust competition in the supermarket industry, which has grown more intense as competitors increase their offerings of natural, organic and fresh products; renovate their stores; and open stores with new banners and formats resembling Whole Foods Market."

Whole Foods had announced in February that they were going to buy Wild Oats Markets for $565 million.

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