Whole Foods Market to open Englewood store in food desert - Whole Foods to charge the black community less for the same food they charge whites more for.... But if that was the other way around.... It Would Be Racist!

Whole Foods Market to open Englewood store in food desert

The chain will open an 18,000-square-foot store at 63rd and Halsted by 2016. Why would a high-end grocer known for its pricier organic offerings come to an impoverished South Side community? Because Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked, said Walter Robb, the chain’s co-CEO. And because it fits with chain’s mission: “It’s been our purpose to bring healthier foods to the world,” Robb said. “We realize it’s probably a stretch in your readers’ minds. But so what? Stretch is good.”

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