Nick Paumgarten on Whole Foods

Sorry to quote The New Yorker yet again-- clearly my free reading time is pretty limited these days. In any case, I really appreciated Paumgarten's insightful article on Whole Foods founder John Mackey. Particularly passages like this one:"Depending on where you are on the spectrum of epicurean cultural politics, you may consider Whole Foods to be a righteous grocer or a cynical con, a prod to self-improvement or a gateway to decadence, a neighborhood boon or a blight, a force for social good or a place to pick up chicks"

Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/04/100104fa_fact_paumgarten?currentPage=2#ixzz0bqnBbYV8