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[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

The Wild Oats in Medford, near Tufts/Rt. 16, is closing at the end of the month for its renovation into a Whole Foods. Right now, every single item in the store is 40 percent off.

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[x-bluerose-x.livejournal.com]

Noooo

I do all of my shopping there and have zero confidence that the place will be the same let alone better when they're done :(

[ron_newman]

Whole Foods is absorbing the entire Wild Oats chain.

[x-bluerose-x.livejournal.com]

*sobs* Nooo

[jadelennox]

Alas, since Whole Foods is a union-busting chain of dickheads who think that because they're green they can treat labor like dirt.

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

Is that true? When I was there today, I asked a cashier if Whole Foods was keeping on the Wild Oats employees. The cashier said that the Wild Oats people could apply for jobs at WF. (She didn't sound very happy about the whole thing, so I didn't continue the line of questioning.)

[jadelennox]

Sadly, yes. http://michaelbluejay.com/main/wholefoods.html is one link; they have a pretty bad rep among labor.

[i-custard.livejournal.com]

Is the store empty, or is there alot of good stuff left?

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

There's lots of good stuff left, but the store was very crowded. Employees were restocking the shelves, but not as fast as customers were buying. It's hard to know how much stuff they have in the back, but the best stuff will probably be gone in a few days, even though they are open until the end of the month.

[i-custard.livejournal.com]

thanks. I live right near there, so I'll try to brave it on my drive home from work today. Possibly the worst time to go, but what do I have to lose but time?

[sekala.livejournal.com]

ah, that would explain why when I was looking up the nearest whole foods that it said there was one a mile from where I live XD

Whole Foods is not necessarily cheaper, but they have cheaper options that wild oats just doesn't have.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info!

The last time I talked to folks there, the WFM thing had been quashed and nobody knew of any further plan, but that was a couple of months ago. I haven't been shopping much lately because of my farm share and the farmer's markets, so I really appreciate your passing this on. :)

[ron_newman]

The US Justice Department challenged the merger on anti-trust grounds, but lost in court.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's what I get for using TDS, TCR, and my f'list as my only sources of news. ;)

[ron_newman]

TDS? TCR?

Stewart/Colbert in '08!

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Sorry, The Daily Show/The Colbert Report.

sorry to see it go

[sundaisy-summer.livejournal.com]

I love Whole Foods, but will miss that Wild Oats. It was always kind of quiet and calm, unlike Whole Foods!

[grapefruiteater.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know when they will reopen after the renovation?

[xmasfruitcake.livejournal.com]

the sign says "spring 08" for the whole foods grand opening.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

OH NO!!! That long?

Okay, that sucks big time.

[bridgesyoucross.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[bettyw.livejournal.com]

Damn - they were the only place I trusted to refill my own water jugs. I worry too much about what vandals might decide to do to the dispensers on the ones in parking lots, let alone the state of their holding tanks.

[antimony.livejournal.com]

Oh YAY! Sorry to disagree with everyone, but I was completely expecting they'd close it entirely with the merger. A Whole Foods there would be awesome -- I find I can never find everything I need at Wild Oats, but I can at WF. And it's the only grocery I can walk to.

[starry83.livejournal.com]

I was just there (5pm) and many things are sold out... Especially some of the things I was really hoping for when I heard this, like Stirrings mixers and chicken broth (random, I know). I'm going to go back in the hopes that they've restocked.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Is there any reason to believe they are re-stocking? They certainly didn't give that impression today...

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

I was in there today, and in general, there is less than there was yesterday. But some items that were not there yesterday were there today. And I saw several vendors restocking some of the shelves this morning. I don't know how much longer they will be taking deliveries. The meat section is cleaned out. The dairy section is 1/4 of its former size. The produce section is about 1/4 of what it was. They have lots of apples.
There are chips, salsa, frozen foods, crocs, teas, vitamin/health store type stuff, hummus in three places, some dairy, some produce, some cookies/breads, lots of chocolate and candy, apple juice everywhere. The pickings are becomming slimmer and slimmer, but there are some good bargains left. However, I wouldn't count on finding anything specific. It's pretty hit or miss at this point.