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Whole Foods Market Inc.

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Top five things food snobs should stop doing

    There is nothing wrong with being a food snob. Food snobs offer valuable services to their communities, such as market insight, educated opinions and keeping the restaurant industry honest and on its toes. But still, there are always some culi-nazis pissing in the crab bisque; food snows who take th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Part two: Denver chefs dish on what they wish would disappear in 2012

    As we've discovered in our weekly Chef and Tell interviews, Denver's kitchen commanders are, if nothing else, unapologetically opinionated. We pepper them with dozens of questions, and sometimes their answers are salty -- especially their responses to what they'd like to see less of in Denver from a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Reader: On a collision course with reality at Cherry Creek Whole Foods

    The hits just keep coming regarding "The sh*t-show that's the parking lot at Whole Foods." Although this Cherry Creek nightmare inspired our Comment of the Day yesterday, we couldn't resist sharing this post from Sigh: If I had a nickle for every time someone talking on a cell phone in a Suburba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Reader: From Dollar Tree to Whole Foods? The thigh's the limit

    Mmmm....free cheese at Whole Foods.​Let us give thanks not just for the bargains at Dollar Tree -- as Jenn Wohletz did in "Get your Thanksgiving dinner from the Dollar Tree" -- but also the samples at Whole Foods, as described in "Whole Foods woos shoppers." The double whammy of dishes inspi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Whole Foods woos shoppers with free holiday eats (PHOTOS)

    There are plenty of places to get your holiday trimmings, but the Whole Foods stores smooth over their Whole Paycheck nickname by serving above-average complimentary samples of holiday fare before they empty our wallets. The Capitol Hill store is doing free samples every Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m., ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    DIY juice-to-alcohol kit turns bougie juice into bougie hooch

    Producing alcoholic beverages is a time-honored enterprise, and creating tasty homemade hooch on the cheap makes good financial sense right now. For a measly $10, you can buy a "Spike Your Juice" kit, containing everything you need for six batches -- except the necessary juice and the crumpled brown ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    The 104-pound swordfish at Whole Foods: His name is Eduardo

    Josh Peters and Eduardo the swordfish.​In life, he was a 104-pound swordfish in the North Atlantic, a loner, with finite eyesight, swimming around and snapping up a good meal of tuna, mackerel or an octopus, if he could get it. But his species' famed speed and agility did not save him from b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Culinary calendar for the week ahead: An Aquaponic Feast; Blues, Brews and BBQ; and more

    ​American Craft Beer Week is over, but that doesn't mean all the food-and-drink fun has left the building: Between the annual Blues, Brews and BBQ festival at Beaver Creek Resort and dozens of events closer to home, there's plenty to fill your calendar. Here's a taste of what's ahead:

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Top 10 grocers we'd love at 20th & Chestnut in downtown Denver (beyond Trader Joe's)

    ​As we reported yesterday, downtown Denver will finally get a full-service grocery store thanks to a new development at 20th Street and Chestnut Place. But other than hints that it will be a "national brand," there's no word yet as to which grocery store we're gonna get. Here are ten grocery ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Sea beans: The latest weird food I found at Whole Foods

    J. WohletzSea beans, an expensive and delicious delicacy.​ Shopping at Whole Foods is an experience. Part of the experience is having your wallet sucked drier than a cornbread fart, but the more pleasant aspect is finding strange new foods to try. This week's expensive but foodie-brain-nouris ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Boulder's 29th Street Whole Foods Market expands and brings on local purveyors

    ​On nights and weekends, it's almost impossible to maneuver the Whole Foods at 2905 Pearl Street, as Boulder shoppers pack the narrow aisles and socialize over produce. And for that reason, the store's undergoing a major expansion, nearly doubling in size by taking over the former Barnes & No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Kim & Jake's Cakes will start peddling their pastries at Whole Foods

    ​For the past six months, Kim and Jake Rosenbarger have been wooing Boulderites with baked goods from Kim & Jakes Cakes, their namesake storefront at 641 South Broadway, where they bake cakes, cupcakes and pies, in addition to cake terrines, moon pies and other sugar-filled experiments. And n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Whole Foods Market announces in-store sustainability ranking system for wild-caught seafood

    ​We can't even count the number of times we've stood agonizing over our decision in front of the seafood case, pondering the conundrum of farm-raised versus wild-caught salmon and whether our choice of tilapia or ahi grade tuna or fat silver prawns is going to single-handedly have an effect on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    Independence Thinking

    ​We can't even count the number of times we've stood agonizing over our decision in front of the seafood case, pondering the conundrum of farm-raised versus wild-caught salmon and whether our choice of tilapia or ahi grade tuna or fat silver prawns is going to single-handedly have an effect on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Greenpeace rates Colorado supermarket seafood

    ​While Kroger is making efforts to improve its seafood sourcing practices, it is doing so at a "painfully slow pace," according to a "supermarket scorecard" recently issued by Greenpeace. That King Soopers's parent company might not be ultra-conscientious about where it gets its swordfish and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Rage drummer Brad Wilk signs bottles of Olade this weekend

    ​"I was on tour with U2 in 1997, and I woke up one morning and I had lost my eyesight by like 50 percent," remembers Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk. "I just felt horrible -- like I had a hangover, but I hadn't been drinking." When he finished the tour, Wilk went to the doctor and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Top 5 ways Whole Foods' new chairman can make the company whole

    Adios, John Mackey.​Whole Foods CEO and chairman John Mackey stirred the pot in an August Wall Street Journal op-ed criticizing President Barack Obama's health-care plan."The problem with socialism," he insisted, "is that eventually you run out of other people's money." It was a bold -- and so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Tomorrow: Last chance to be Beerdrinker of the Year

    Last year's (local!) winner, Cody Christman.​Tomorrow is the deadline for nominations in the Wynkoop Brewing Company's fourteenth annual Beerdrinker of the Year contest; find all the details at www.wynkoop.com. December 31 is also the last day you can participate in the Grab and Give Program a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    ProgressNow Colorado prepares for a grocery-store strike

    "We're not asking you not to eat. Really."​ Negotiators for union employees of King Soopers and Safeway are heading back to the bargaining table yet again in an attempt to break a contract stalemate that's dragged on for months -- and in an indication that things are getting serious, the left- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Whole Foods celebrates Fair Trade Month today with lunch "happy" hour

    ​We all know that drinking a glass of red wine a day is good for our health, but did you know that some wines are also good for the environment? October is Fair Trade Month at Whole Foods, and to help celebrate, Bernard Fontannaz, founder and owner of Origin Wines and winemaker for Fairhills ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Denver Blogs: Whole Foods, half a heart?

    ​ Our daily search for decent local bloggage. Fill our in-box. Just because your shit's organic doesn't make it okay to be an asshole. As Whole Foods is quickly learning. (Colorado Pols) The humor of Jared Polis's beer bong seems lost on the Denver Post. (Colorado Independent) Seriously, Br ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2009

    Big Shucks

    The Merrell Oyster Racing Series is back for another adventurous year.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Independence Thinking

    Glendale invites you to look up into the skies.

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Get fired up for a hot weekend of food and wine events

    From 5 - 10 p.m., Friday, July 3, the Infinite Monkey Theorem Urban Winery, 931 West Fifth Avenue, is participating in the Golden Triangle's First Friday Art Walk by hosting "Art Under the Influence," a grape stomp in the courtyard that includes wines by the glass, great grub from Masterpiece Deli a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    SouthGlenn Whole Foods opens Monday...but here's a preview

    Lori MidsonAll you civilians are going to have to wait until Monday, June 15, to witness the unveiling of the state's newest Whole Foods Market, the nineteenth in the Rocky Mountain region, and one of the first tenants in a wave of retailers, bars and restaurants that's setting up digs in the Street ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    If there's a grocery strike, what will you do?

    A Flickr photoWorkers picket a California Albertsons in 2003 Have you worked out your supermarket strike plan? If you haven't, now might be a good time. Although the corporate execs and lawyers at Safeway, King Soopers and Albertsons are still negotiating with the familiar, name-tagged faces who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Go help the Whole Planet

    Say what you want about Whole Foods (or "whole paycheck," as its also known), but at least some of your money is going to something worthy. Whole Foods created the Whole Planet Foundation in 2006 to create even better relations with the producers of its products in foreign countries. The foundation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    More proof that Democrats will buy anything Obama-related

    As if all the Obama-related crap that was sold at the DNC in Denver wasn't enough, we recently spotted Barackti Chai at the Whole Foods in Boulder. (Tyler Nemkov poured out the story here.) We knew that Obama's face was the new Che, but the new Paul Newman, too?

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Sexy Pizza: Even the signage is hot

    If -- like more than one person here at Westword -- you're mildly obsessed with the slices of glory being shoveled from the oven of Sexy Pizza, some mildly good news: The small pizza joint, at 1018 East 11th (near the mini Whole Foods), has finally replaced its old Pizza Vera sign with some signage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Whole Foods doles out droves of dinners

    "Times are tough but no family should go without a wholesome meal during the holidays. Whole Foods Market thinks of itself not just as a business, but as a responsible steward of the community. Grab & Give is an idea born of caring for our community and its people."  So says Ben ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Phil's Fresh wins a fresh loan from Whole Foods

    Boulder-based Phil's Fresh Foods has just won a $96,000 loan from Whole Food's Local Producer Loan Program. Phil's is a wholesale, all-natural burrito manufacturer; its product is stocked by local Whole Foods, Vitamin Cottage and Sunflower stores, as well as som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    What burn(ed) my toast

    Recently I had a run-in with some less-than-delicious bacon. After I wrote about it, Sue from Whole Foods posted a comment that I should get in touch. So I did, and Sue Raney, store accountant at the Ideal Market in Boulder (which owned by Whole Foods), made a gracious offer of a gif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Discovery of the day: Partida Organic Agave Nectar

    For those of you who don't like margaritas because the sweet and sour makes your teeth squeak, have we got a discovery for you: agave nectar. At a Partida Tequila tasting at Lola this week, we got to sample Partida's 100 percent organic agave nectar -- clean-tasting, sweet, not as cloying as honey, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    What burns my toast: Bad bacon

    I’m a hopeless romantic and my one true love is food -- so when it betrays me, I am especially hurt. On Monday I ambled into my local Whole Foods (which is the equivalent of a candy addict going into a candy store or a porn addict into a porn store), eagerly surveyed its wonderful products, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Buy at Whole Foods, help SAME Cafe

    On Thursday, November 20, on Whole Foods Giving Day, 5 percent of all purchases made at the Capitol Hill store at 900 East 11th Avenue will benefit SAME Cafe, at 2023 East Colfax Avenue. According to the Whole Foods website, that store "has been an integral part of the Denver community since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2008

    Whole Foods "Secret Ingredient" is satisfying food porn

    On Thursday, November 20, on Whole Foods Giving Day, 5 percent of all purchases made at the Capitol Hill store at 900 East 11th Avenue will benefit SAME Cafe, at 2023 East Colfax Avenue. According to the Whole Foods website, that store "has been an integral part of the Denver community since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2008

    Make fashion out of food for the Whole Foods Challenge

    On Thursday, November 20, on Whole Foods Giving Day, 5 percent of all purchases made at the Capitol Hill store at 900 East 11th Avenue will benefit SAME Cafe, at 2023 East Colfax Avenue. According to the Whole Foods website, that store "has been an integral part of the Denver community since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2008

    Denver stopped processing new voters just as the DNC arrived

    On Thursday, November 20, on Whole Foods Giving Day, 5 percent of all purchases made at the Capitol Hill store at 900 East 11th Avenue will benefit SAME Cafe, at 2023 East Colfax Avenue. According to the Whole Foods website, that store "has been an integral part of the Denver community since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2007

    Day Three: Wherein I Help an Unseen Eleven-Year-Old Smell Like a Man

    On Thursday, November 20, on Whole Foods Giving Day, 5 percent of all purchases made at the Capitol Hill store at 900 East 11th Avenue will benefit SAME Cafe, at 2023 East Colfax Avenue. According to the Whole Foods website, that store "has been an integral part of the Denver community since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2007

    Anya Hindmarch Bags Sold Out

    On Thursday, November 20, on Whole Foods Giving Day, 5 percent of all purchases made at the Capitol Hill store at 900 East 11th Avenue will benefit SAME Cafe, at 2023 East Colfax Avenue. According to the Whole Foods website, that store "has been an integral part of the Denver community since ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 12, 2007

    Road Food

    On Thursday, November 20, on Whole Foods Giving Day, 5 percent of all purchases made at the Capitol Hill store at 900 East 11th Avenue will benefit SAME Cafe, at 2023 East Colfax Avenue. According to the Whole Foods website, that store "has been an integral part of the Denver community since ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2006

    Zen-trifying Denver

    Another yoga studio? There goes the neighborhood!

  • Dining

    October 13, 2005

    Beyond Borders

    The Chen Brothers offer a pan-Asian experience at Blue Moon.

  • Dining

    September 22, 2005

    To Market, To Market

    Head for Whole Foods.

  • Food & Drink

    March 27, 2003

    Best Free Lunch and People-Watching

    Whole Foods Market

  • Food & Drink

    April 4, 2002

    Best Fish Market

    Whole Foods

  • Dining

    November 15, 2001

    Check, Please!

    Readers give our food critic something to chew on.

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of December 21, 2000

  • Dining

    December 21, 2000

    The Bite

    Lobster traps!

  • Dining

    December 7, 2000

    The Whole Truth

    The other stores can eat their hearts out: Whole Foods Market has arrived.

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