[Sca-cooks] Whole Foods Store

[Kathleen Madsen]

I'm sorry to hear about your husbands experience,
Susan.  I think it really depends on the individual
store and it's local management.  Not every manager is
a good manager.  Most of my Whole Foods contacts are
regional buyers and overall they really enjoy their
jobs, or they were former buyers that have gone out on
their own and opened their own stores.  WF is a great
training ground for those who want to work in the
retail food business.

Eibhlin

>
> 
> I'm sorry to hear that Susan. Everyone else I've
> ever talked to has loved
> working there. If you post on the Bryn Gwlad list,
> you might be surprised at
> the networking that occurs through the SCA!
> 
> Ysabeau
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sca-cooks-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
> [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On
> Behalf Of Susan
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:26 PM
> To: Cooks within the SCA
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Whole Foods store WAS
> Friend going to Austin
> 
> I'd like to present a different side of Whole Foods,
> they treat their 
> employees very poorly (I'm very bitter today, my
> husband was just laid off 
> from Whole Food today, and the entire situation was
> an entire farce).  So, 
> if you care about how stores treat their employees,
> please do not shop at 
> any Whole Foods.
> 
> Susan in Austin
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christina Nevin" <cnevin at caci.co.uk>
> To: "Cooks within the SCA"
> <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 9:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Whole Foods store WAS
> Friend going to Austin
> 
> 
> > In June they're opening the first Whole Foods
> store in the UK just 15 
> > minutes up the road from where I work. I'm quite
> excited and foresee some 
> > long lunchtimes ahead...
> > There's also an interesting article on Whole Foods
> about whether they're 
> > really 'green' & how they'll fare in the UK in the
> Guardian:
> >
>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/supermarkets/story/0,,2043674,00.html
> >
> > ciao
> > Lucrezia
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sca-cooks-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
> > [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org]On
> Behalf Of Ysabeau
> > Sent: 28 March 2007 15:35
> > To: Cooks within the SCA
> > Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Friend going to Austin
> >
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > 1. Whole Foods - The flagship is here and it is a
> wonderful place to go 
> > for
> > dinner or lunch but plan on taking a while. First
> you have to wander 
> > through
> > and look at all the various prepared food bars
> scattered through the 
> > store -
> > the roasted nut bar, the seafood bar, the barbecue
> bar and the soup bar.
> > Then there is the restaurant section that includes
> a pasta bar, a noodle
> > bar, a sushi bar, a raw foods bar, a big salad
> bar, and an "international"
> > bar that features a variety of cuisines that
> changes. I'm sure I'm
> > forgetting something. It is an experience. The
> patio is wonderful and they
> > have live music on some evenings on the upstairs
> patio. If your friend is 
> > a
> > foodie, tell her/him to get a light snack before
> going and plan on 
> > spending
> > several hours here. It is also possible to sample
> your way through without
> > actually buying dinner ~grin~.
> >
> >
> > I hope this helps!
> > Ysabeau
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/27/07, Stefan li Rous
> <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> <<< If you can stand the wait and are willing to
> go to a chain,
> >> Pappadeaux is
> >> great.  They specialize in Creole and Cajun
> flavors and generally
> >> have really
> >> good fresh seafood.>>>
> >>
> >> Yes, after Trulucks, which I've never been to,
> Pappadeaux would be my
> >> choice.
> >>
> >> > On 3/27/07, Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Got a friend (non-SCA) heading down to Austin
> on business next week,
> >> >> and is wanting some restaurant suggestions.
> She particularly likes
> >> >> seafood, non-Red Lobster type. Any
> suggestions?
> >>
> >> If your friend is looking for Austin-style
> restaurants, seafood would
> >> not be my choice. If they are interested in
> something that is more
> >> Austin, I would recommend some good Tex-Mex, of
> which their are
> >> numerous good choices, and a few bad ones.
> Trudy's would be a good
> >> choice. For something, er out of the ordinary,
> I'd choose Chuy's.
> >> Hubcaps on the ceiling, Bits of Mexican/Austin
> oddities as
> >> decoration. Definitely not a "serious", solemn
> restaurant.
> >>
> >> For a very highly rated interior of Mexico
> cuisine, as opposed to Tex-
> >> Mex, I would recommend Fonda San Miguel. Very
> good food and
> >> apparently nationally known. Their Sunday brunch
> is fabulous, but
> >> even my doctor-brother was a bit taken back by
> the price when we went
> >> there for a family outing, not knowing how much
> it would be.   I
> >> think the Sunday Brunch was about $24, but
> probably the best interior
> >> Mexican food I've ever had. 
> http://www.fondasanmiguel.com/
> >>
> >> Stefan
> >> --------
> >> THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad   
> Kingdom of Ansteorra
> 
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