: And, with all the money they have to throw around, they have a lot of push when it comes to "redefining" organics. Something else to look out for in the future. That also came up in the other thread on Walmart introducing organics and I agree with whoever posted that general idea.
Originally Posted by dallaschildren
Wal-Mart will singlehandedly destroy what little organic standards we have now. They are not interested in health, they just want all of the market and the money that goes with it. Wal-Mart is well on their way to monopolizing the entire retail and grocer industry. They will brow beat the organic farmers into a price point that they simply cannot afford to match so inevitably if they want to have any hope of competiting, they will succumb by lowering their standards, hence the quality of food. Who loses? Consumers. Again.
Wal-Mart needs to stick to selling their one time use, inferior, crappy products.
DC
Organic farmers could just refuse to sell to WalMart. It would probably benefit them not to rather than lower their quality and prices.
WalMart is not going to put local Co-Ops or Wild Oats, or Whole Foods out of business. Most people that shop at these places wouldn't set food in WalMart anyway.
WalMart is NOT going to attracted "higher end" customers. The only thing they are going to accomplish to enable poorer people to better afford "organic" foods. If that is a good thing or not I am not sure since I sincerely doubt the quality of the food they carry. Maybe it is better than mainstream however and will only benefit people.
Originally Posted by brookely ash
aniT - if you can find Columbia Gorge Organic juice, they are SO wonderful and VERY LOCAL! yum yum yum!!
Coffee People now carries their juice - oh, and naked juice is owned by someone too, only i can't remember who! no good!
Well the C Monsters are what we generally buy. The kids like the Strawberry and the Strawberry Banana ones. I haven't seen anyone else who makes the equivants to these. I also have never seen Columbia Gorge OJ, but then again, I have never looked. OJ is so expensive and goes so fast around here we generally buy Florida Natural on sale.
Thanks for the link. We don't have a New Season's close enough to make it worth going to. The only thing we really have close is Wild Oats and I have never seen that brand there. I will have to keep an eye out for it.
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