Yeah, even I went in to a Whole Foods in downtown LA, when I was there...
I honestly didn't think much of it. We have dime-a-dozen equivalents here, but they're usually independently owned, or part of a small chain...
Admittedly Coles and Woolworths (where most people do their grocery shopping) are basically Walmart, but...
If, hypothetically, Atlassian or some similar Australian "tech company" bought out one of these chains, I honestly doubt I would ever shop there again.
Maybe it's easier to boycott these places (for example Woolworths, over their decision to refuse to sell any Australia Day merch), here, just because we have more options, in general..? I wouldn't have thought that, given the Coles/Woolies duopoly, but I guess... Everything's relative.
Then again the UK allegedly has like 5 of these major chains, stratified by class (i.e. so that a Waitrose shopper never mixes with Asda/Tesco types). I'm kind of glad that I don't live in a country that does that, beyond pricing, tbh, lol...
Whole Foods is ubiquitous and was popular long before Amazon bought them... so if you buy at whole foods I guess it's like buying at Amazon.
Yeah, even I went in to a Whole Foods in downtown LA, when I was there...
I honestly didn't think much of it. We have dime-a-dozen equivalents here, but they're usually independently owned, or part of a small chain...
Admittedly Coles and Woolworths (where most people do their grocery shopping) are basically Walmart, but...
If, hypothetically, Atlassian or some similar Australian "tech company" bought out one of these chains, I honestly doubt I would ever shop there again.
Maybe it's easier to boycott these places (for example Woolworths, over their decision to refuse to sell any Australia Day merch), here, just because we have more options, in general..? I wouldn't have thought that, given the Coles/Woolies duopoly, but I guess... Everything's relative.
Then again the UK allegedly has like 5 of these major chains, stratified by class (i.e. so that a Waitrose shopper never mixes with Asda/Tesco types). I'm kind of glad that I don't live in a country that does that, beyond pricing, tbh, lol...