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The Amazonization of Everything

8/31/2015

Amazon's success lies in worker exploitation and intrusions into consumers’ private lives. Read more from David Golumbia on Jacobin here.

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Prison to Table: The Other Side of the Whole Foods Experience

8/12/2015

It’s not clear what shocked people most about the report in Fortune that Whole Foods Market sells goat cheese and tilapia prepared with prison labor—the horrendous exploitation of prisoners for a base rate less than one-tenth of Whole Foods’ starting wage, or the fact that even after paying prisoner-workers sixty cents an hour, that tiny wheel of goat cheese still costs upward of seven dollars. Whichever reason it was, for many the story disturbed the experience that Whole Foods carefully cultivates for its customers.
Read more from this July 2014 article in Dissent Magazine

Whole Foods overpricing led to securities fraud -U.S. lawsuit

8/8/2015

A Whole Foods Market Inc shareholder has accused the grocer in a lawsuit of committing securities fraud by concealing its overcharging of New York City customers, leading to bad publicity that hurt sales and drove its share price down. Reuters article at Yahoo

Whole Foods admits trying to sell asparagus water for $6 was a "mistake"

8/6/2015

Shoppers laugh $6 bottle of water with asparagus stalks straight off the shelves of Whole Foods

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Whole Foods overpricing led to securities fraud -U.S. lawsuit

Whole Foods admits trying to sell asparagus water for $6 was a "mistake"

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