Anonus's Good News, Bad News

Anonus

Wild Oats is back from the Brand Boneyard...in Walmarts only:

http://blogs.marketwatch.com/behindthestorefront/2014/04/10/wal-mart-wild-oats-team-up-to-disrupt-organic-food-industry/

Imipolex G

yes Anonus you are kawaii

Sredni Vashtar

Moe moe kawaii desu ka~

Imipolex G

uguu~

Anonus

well, thanks

but what about Wild Oats

Sredni Vashtar

It is a brand and Walmart is selling it now.

Like, I have no real opinion on that to give that feels like it's of any value. I mean, they might have been a good brand, but I'm not very fond of that chain, so... eh, it happens, you know?

I shop at Target mostly. They suck significantly less as a corporation overall.

Anonus

Wild Oats is significant to me because it was based on Boulder, and it being swallowed by Whole Foods continues the trend of Denver-area-based companies being swallowed and their names disappearing (fellow Boulder-based organic foods chain Sunflower Farmers Market was bought out by Sprouts Farmers Market in 2012 and its locations were renamed to Sprouts, though the Sunflower name lives on as a private label).

Anonus

As for Target, despite them also being a non-union chain, I appreciate their knack for aesthetics...

Sredni Vashtar

They're also significantly less awful to their employees, which is nice, although Wegman's is still better.

lee4hmz

I spend a lot of money at Target and Wegmans when I go shopping...it's in large part because the Walmart at Potomac Mills is awful and the one in Dumfries (10 miles away) isn't much better. 

Imipolex G

Target got hacked you know

lee4hmz

Yeah, but I didn't use a credit card there while the breach was in play, so...

Previous Calica

wells fargo sent me a new debit card because i used the old one at target

glennmagusharvey

i read that as

well, fargo[, ND] sent me a new debit card because i used the old one at target