Whole Foods Amazon | Americans can't afford these groceries
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2024
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Today we'll be taking a look at the prices of whole foods in may of twenty twenty four.
Struggling to Eat Organic: Whole Foods and the High Cost of Groceries in America
Across the United States, a growing chorus of frustration is rising from grocery store aisles. The culprit? Soaring food prices, particularly at stores known for organic and specialty items. Whole Foods Market, a national chain often associated with healthy eating, has become a prime example of this trend.
Whole Foods: Quality or Convenience at a Premium?
While Whole Foods boasts a wide selection of organic produce, ethically sourced meats, and prepared gourmet meals, the price tag often leaves a bitter taste in shoppers' mouths. A recent study by the Consumer Reports National Research Center found that Whole Foods prices were, on average, 20% higher than those of conventional grocery stores.
This disparity can be particularly burdensome for low-income families. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in 2022, nearly 1 in 10 Americans (around 34 million people) experienced food insecurity, meaning they lacked consistent access to affordable, nutritious food.
The Pinch on Low-Income Families
The high cost of groceries disproportionately affects families struggling financially. Consider a single mother with two children relying on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. The average SNAP benefit in 2023 was around $6 per person, per day. This amount may barely cover basic staples at a conventional store, let alone the organic options at Whole Foods.
The Amazon Factor: Does Online Grocery Shopping Offer Relief?
In 2017, retail giant Amazon acquired Whole Foods, leading some to believe it could spark price competition and lower grocery bills. However, the integration hasn't resulted in a significant price drop at Whole Foods stores. While Prime members can enjoy some discounts and convenient delivery options, the overall price point remains high.
Government Assistance and the Affordability Gap
While government programs like SNAP aim to bridge the food security gap, they often fall short in the face of rising grocery costs. The USDA adjusts SNAP benefits annually based on inflation, but critics argue these adjustments haven't kept pace with the recent surge in food prices.
Beyond Whole Foods: A Systemic Issue
It's important to note that Whole Foods is just one example of a broader trend. Grocery prices across the board are on the rise due to a confluence of factors, including supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and the ongoing war in Ukraine impacting global food
Whole Foods Prices
High Grocery Costs
Food Insecurity in America
Food Stamps and Affordability
Amazon and Whole Foods Integration
Looking Ahead: Potential Solutions
Addressing the high cost of groceries requires a multi-pronged approach. Here are some potential solutions:
Increased SNAP Benefits: Advocates for low-income families are pushing for more substantial increases in SNAP benefits to reflect the current grocery price reality.
Supporting Local Farmers: Encouraging consumers to shop at farmer's markets and local grocery stores can help cut out middlemen and potentially lower prices.
Promoting Competition: Strengthening antitrust regulations and encouraging competition in the grocery industry could lead to lower prices for consumers.
Conclusion: Eating Healthy Shouldn't Be a Luxury
Access to healthy, affordable food is a fundamental right, not a privilege. While Whole Foods offers a unique selection, its high prices highlight a larger issue - millions of Americans are struggling to put food on the table, let alone organic or specialty items. Finding solutions to lower grocery costs is critical to ensure everyone has the opportunity to eat a healthy and nutritious diet.
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i love Whole Foods but around February, I got a rude awakening. The normal food I would buy, it was almost double the price. They are really good when you have certain diet restrictions. I am lactose intolerant and gluten issues. All the healthy food is so expensive but what choice do you have when you want to be healthy.
They know that we have health issues. That's why the stuck that we need is the most expensive. It's all a racket.
@@cjgoesliveOr perhaps it actually COSTS MORE to produce CUSTOM FOOD.
Whole foods near me always packed with people with full carts.
Every time I have gone to whole foods, it's the same for me. Everybody just looks like ordinary everyday people. I didn't really see tom selleck there
I am canadian and I am shocked at the prices at whole food. I can get much better deals back home.
How can people afford to shop here?
I've done several grocery store videos in canada over the past few months. Places like metro and loblaws are ridiculous prices. But Whole Foods takes the cake here in the U.S. for us
I won’t say how much I make but I don’t see how the average job you can even afford to make it for a day out here this is getting wild and I don’t think people are going to take this laying down
It's for the rich. I did a video at sprouts food in Orlando a few months ago. Same prices. Ridiculous. Only for the rich
@@cjgoesliveOr for people who want quality and don’t want to spend more on medical bills than on food bills.
People will take laying down when they are to weak to get up from not eating.
How does Wholepaycheck stay in business??? Even the upper middle class is broke these days.
The place was packed 🙄
Some people want quality over quantity.
@@johnp139 It looks like the same fodder I see at HyVee and Walmart.
@@cjgoeslive That amazes me.
@@chris5942no
Whole Foods for decades has fondly been called Whole Wallet. I remember being appalled seeing in the bakery department (over 20 years ago) a slightly oversized cupcake priced at $5.99. At that time you could purchase a cake mix and the rest of the ingredients needed would total a dozen cupcakes at the same price. I eat 100% organic now and wouldn't touch either option now.
I used to be dead set against organic food until I got diabetes. Now I'm realizing why the price for that stuff is almost double and you know what? I don't even care anymore. When it comes down to money or your life, I'll choose my life
I make my husband buy groceries at Whole Foods. Sometimes I wonder what we spend and he says about 5k a month.
I haven’t been to a grocery store in years cause I stay at home with the kids but now that I see the prices, I believe it.
I've done all the shopping in my house for over twenty five years. I've shopped at a lot of places and done a lot of grocery store videos. There is only one place more expensive than whole foods, and it's not sprouts. If I lived in the l a area I would do a video on ehrwon.
@@cjgoeslive I’ve seen a lot of videos about ehrwhon. I understand that their ingredients are top notch but it doesn’t justify the price tag. It’s just a grocery store for wealthy people to shop at in order to avoid being amongst people of lower socioeconomic status.
I try to buy some foods from an Amish farm in PA. I’d honestly rather support the Amish.
I live in CT but these prices are crazy!!
This coming from someone who lives in connecticut. I know that Connecticut is an expensive state. So, what are you paying for stuff?
You’re great CJ and these whackadoo “my precious tender tummy,” people should be scorned. If you are really that wealthy, why don’t you send your manservant to pick the food and bring it home? The majority of the people there are to “see and be seen.” It’s a problem with self esteem. They dream about being in the “society pages.” 😂
Oh, it is true to some degree that quality ingredients makes a difference. BUT they are left in the dust when it comes to fried cornbread and turnip greens cooked with love by your MaMa. ❤
Completely agree in one of the best comments i've seen. It is just for an image and the hollywood look. Almost everything you can get at Whole Foods. You can get at somewhere else for half the price
I shop at my local farm. They have a food program that if you pay with ebt, they only charge you 50% the price. I get everything there I can. They sell meat, dairy, cheese, eggs, butter, veggies, etc
That's awesome!
Good lord, Whole Foods was pricey before the pandemic. This is insane. How they are not out of business surprises me(Since Amazon owns it there’s no telling how they are keeping it afloat). Makes me wonder too what they do with all of this food that won’t sell at these prices.
I'm not sure exactly what whole foods does with their leftover food, but many grocery stores donate it to food banks. It's all a write off for them anyway
Blackberries are $4.99 for a 6 oz container here in Florida and they are in season.
That is infuriating. Seriously. Wtf?,
@@cjgoeslive I agree! Blueberries are $8.99 for 16 oz container. These were the prices at Publix grocery store.
The frozen root vegetables hash browns is a great idea, I'd like to try hash browns with sweet potato. I didn't know whole foods sells dr. Kellyann soups, I noticed it recently in a Grocery Outlet advertisement so it must be a bargain there
How much did you see the kellyann soup for?
Who owns whole foods……there you go
Beeeeeezos
Are you planing a holiday in europe? Maybe in countries which are on the same level like the U.S..
So like The UK, ireland, france or germany and look for the prices there. You would be wondering how cheap food could be with much higher quality.
The UK is a little bit expensive after the brexit, france is also expensive because they like to pay more for really high quality and germany is really cheap.
Germany has lidl. Like our aldi. Both are German based though. I've seen some youtube videos of the prices of food in europe. No matter where you go in Europe, It's still cheaper than canada and the united states. I've done a few videos in canada and the prices are astronomical. They are almost comical to a point. The united states is catching up to Canadian high prices. Thanks for watching the video and commenting
i havent been to a whole foods in a long time. For my faimly of 3, i normally spend about $400 a month on groceries
That's an amazing budget. What kind of things do you buy?
Do a video on Costco price comparison.
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Already did.
I'm in the u s right now and I just bought some sweet peas from walmart for ninety eight cents for a bag
That sounds about right
The only way to do a whole organic Rotisserie chicken is when done with carcass break it down in the crock pot for 24 hrs n make yourself organic chicken bone broth with some organic vegetables. It's very healthy.
That's great advice. Thank you for sharing with us
Is be sampling a bite of everything then only put like half pound in the container.
Ahahahahaha. I got caught at Aldi eating 1 grape and they shamed me into buying the 3 pound bag. I don't eat grapes because I am a diabetic, but my kids do, so it was okay.
@@cjgoeslive oh wow I do taste a grape or cherry grape tomatoes before I buy them. Wish I could do that with watermelon lol.
I WORK IN A SPECIALTY MARKET, I HAVE NOTICED THAT WITHIN THE LAST 60 DAYS, WE HAD INCREASED OUR PRICES EVERY WEEK WITHIN THE LAST 60 DAYS
It seems to be that places have not stopped Increasing the prices of all groceries since right after the pandemic. Walmart does their best to keep some prices low, but they increase the Prices on other items to compensate for the loss. At the end of the day, it's a wash
I go without on my diet the only bread product I eat is the low carb low cal bread that's 40 call a slice 4g carb each.
Now that's the way to go. My dad found me a bread one gram carbs Per slice. Can you believe that? I never knew such a thing existed. I stopped eating even wheat bread. Because the carbs were eighteen to twenty two grams per slice
@@cjgoeslive yes I can, there are 0carb soft tortilla/taco shells too. Also Aldi sells the egg wraps and cheese wraps in the deli section. The egg wraps are tasteless to me n spongy honestly the cheese ones better slightly more expensive but there are a couple good you tube cooks that do healthy no or low carb dupes for allot of foods too.
Wow
@jenniferlowery6586 awesome. Thanks for sharing. I was in aldi earlier this afternoon and wish I would have seen that comment before I walked in the doors.
Who keeps these people in business?
Apparently there are a lot of people who do like to shop there, because all three videos that I have done, Pittsburgh orlando and now new york, Every time the store was packed.
Here is a shocker...Stop shopping at WHOLE FOODS!!!
I don't shop there
@@cjgoeslive Yeah but all the whiny people that cry that they can't afford to buy groceries do!
We need to learn from the POLISH, the ARABS, VIETNAMESE LATINOS,
Continue to allow all families to
Co exist if every one is willing to work together and put money into housing fund for utilities, property tax and food and auto insurance and maintenance there is a good chance that your family will survive. Maybe invest in a food seal vacuum and prep your meals monthly
Food seal vacuums are a great idea for a family. Because you can prepare all kinds of foods and put it in the freezer or in the fridge. And it's up ready to eat meal. We do this with our healthy vegetables and protein. Filled meat as a snack or a meal for children
This is no surprise…Whole Foods is like Trader Joe’s…expensive and always has been
Trader Joe's is reasonable....sister store to Aldi...same family own's both...Whole Foods is kinda expensive though
A lot of people think trader joe's is a good value. The closest one 2 me is about an hour and a half away. It's on my list for the next month
I'm gonna stick with Aldi!
Me too
How is whole foods still in business????
They seem to be thriving. Prople of all ages every time I've filmed. Orlando, ny, Pittsburgh
We went to Aldi for the first and last time yesterday. Very hard to believe Trader Joe’s and Aldi are connected. Thanks for the info.
I like Aldi the best out of all the grocery stores, but they're produce and they're vegetables. Spoil very quickly
The frozen hash browns with carrots and sweet potatoes is fine for you. Honestly, get sweet potatoes and carrots, and shred them yourself. Place on parchment paper on a tray and flash freeze then put in freezer bags. Bingo!
Great idea. I will try this
They rationalize it with restaurant prices per meal.
Who can afford to go to a restaurant anymore?
To spend that much money makes people feel that they're special.
I have to believe that's exactly what it is
True fact cereal wascteated to use up old flour's and still today is old expired flour's si it was made to sale cheap to get the grain usedbefore you taste bad yuck. I'd never buy cereal buy oats. Ir make a grandma breakfast bacon,eggs, toast, that potatoes or pancakes. Hugs from rhis Grandma today.
Hugs back to you. Since I become diabetic, I have become an advocate for healthy eating. I used to laugh at all the keto Expensive stuff because I didn't understand it. Now I see why the low carb and low sugar items are so much more expensive. Corporate and business. American businesses know this and know you have to pay the price to eat like a normal person with regular blood sugar
I should of checked my messages sorry our tower's are jumping phone's. So being Diabetic and landing in the hospital going into a coma I wasn't scared I didn't feel a thing. But I found boiling Lipton tea with a cinnamon stick and filling up a big picture only keep the cinnamon stick in you can reuse it. I need to hurry and drop my blood sugar. I get steroids in both legs separate two weeks apart. That will sky you to your meter saying ER I also do Okra dehydrated yum and pickle Okra . Finding a cure to get insulin down is nice I do three different one's. I ask live your life just eat things to drop that sugar and calories. I send a Hug to you because we all need that .
I'm in NWPA. We would starve😢
Lol. Maybe you wouldn't starve, but i'm sure your meals would get a lot smaller
If you have a Grocery Outlet in your area, a great alternative, and their organic meats are a good alternative to Whole Pay Ckeck. Thanks. And Trader Joe is not bad, but "Bidenomics" brings the joys of same container look, but shrunk. LOL.
Thanks for the comment and sharing with the audience. Trader. Joe's is on my list of to dos
Isn’t that comparing a Ferrari to a Volkswagen you get great food you gotta pay for it
Well, I can get great food from a lot of places a lot cheaper
@@cjgoeslive a five star restaurant do not compare to McDonald’s not good food great food
whole paycheck lol.........💸💸💸💸
Thanks for the clap, but what i said, that's not original. I didn't make that term up. It's been the comical name for whole foods for many years, i'm told. And it is fitting
No we can't!
Right? I wouldn't want to afford this place anyway
Sharp cheddar.
Great choice! Extra sharp new york cheddar is bomb
LOL
OMG! Who in the world would or could shop there? No way
My wife did.....🙄
FJB, AND F, EVERYTHING, AND MOVE TO COSTA RICA, Great place to Retire ❤👍
I've been back and forth to costa since 2000. Everything has changed in San Jose, Liberia, Jaco etc. Not the same since early 2010.
@@cjgoeslive I know your right, but I'm in Guanacaste and everything is the same , where I am in Nandayure Carmona Guanacaste,
You need some Biden did this stickers.
Lol. I don't think we need stickers. Everybody kinda already knows who's done this to us. The government
If you want to pay more to feel "good and superior" about youself...Have at it...Take the u.p.c. off the hat too...😆
I get the hat comment all the time. I have about 200 hats and many of them I've had for several years. It was a style back in the 90s. And i've always Kept it up. Closing on the big fifty, I still feel like a 20 yr old
@@cjgoeslive I'm older & it looks like someone just stole it...
You seriously don’t know what organic is and you are doing a piece on food stores?
Yeah and? What does that have to do with grocery store videos? Did the title say this was an organic Grocery shopping video?
@@cjgoesliveNo, but you said it.
A little dramatic here aren’t we? I guess anything for views…
Dramatic? It's called reality.
@@cjgoeslive If your shopping at Wholefoods and complaining about prices your at the wrong store… how about Walmart? How about Aldi? How about ShopRite? That’s like going to a Mercedes-Benz dealer and complaining about the prices of cars… weird video…
@@skepticalmechanic*you’re
If your shopping at Wholefoods and complaining about prices… your at the wrong store… how about Walmart? How about Aldi? How about ShopRite? That’s like going to a Mercedes-Benz dealer and complaining about the prices of cars… weird video…
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Ummmmmm.....I have those and many more. Check em out