EVG reader Robert Miner shares these photos from the Whole Foods Market® Bowery on Houston ... where shoppers are warned of "temporary shortages due to the weather events across the country" ... indeed... the produce was wiped out...
Robert said other parts of the store remained stocked.
Last month, shortages were reported at East Coast Whole Foods outposts as a result of a supplier closing unexpectedly. "The retailer also said weather-related issues have affected the availability of California lettuce," per Grocery Dive.
This is not the first time NYC WFs have experienced "supply chain problems." I remember an extended period around the time Amazon took over when bare shelves were a routine sight in the produce section, especially at the one on Columbus.
ReplyDeleteThis has been going on for months with escarole.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sarah,
ReplyDeleteEver since Amazon bought Whole Foods I've found that the shelves aren't restocked nearly as often. I'm sure technically it became "optimized"... but When you want to buy two boxes of a certain pasta that the old WH used to have no problem and only finding one on the shelf.... it makes shopping there feel distinctly less "premium" (with the premium prices still though).
Hell, Union Market is smaller, but always has what you want on the shelf.
Is their dining open yet?
ReplyDeleteThis has been going on for months with bucatini.
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing about this bucatini. I want to know what bucatini is, I do. But I refuse to look it up!
ReplyDeleteLuckily we have alternatives to WF.
ReplyDeleteUnion Market is wonderful! Essex Street Market,
4th Street Food Coop https://4thstreetfoodcoop.org/, East Village Organic on 1st Ave., Westside Market on 3rd Ave., all the Farmers Markets where you can drop off your empty paper egg cartons...
No issues when you buy your produce at East Village Organic.
ReplyDeleteTo anon 12:57, picture hollow spaghetti.
ReplyDeleteThicker than spaghetti so you need hole through center for it to cook evenly.
ReplyDeleteA real discussion about Whole Foods on EV Grieve, rich indeed for a non-EV business. If only Key Foods, Fine Fare and even Trader Joe's step up to their game. C-Town too...
ReplyDeleteI've been shopping at Union Market during the pandemic because it's closer. It's a pleasant experience and the produce is of good quality, but the selection is smaller and it's, if possible, even more expensive than WF (are we really going to say that Houston & 2nd isn't EV?).
ReplyDeleteThe nearest WFs for residents of the EV is the one on the Lower East Side by E Houston and 2nd Ave and the one by Union Square East at the corner of Broadway.
ReplyDeleteHouston is the (relatively recently invented, historically speaking) boundary between EV & LES. It's silly to argue that a building on Houston doesn't count as EV. Maybe just stop commenting long-distance on the city, eh?
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