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I haven't been to Whole Foods much in the last few years, but their produce used to be at least as good as other supermarkets, and usually better. What are you comparing it to? Have you noticed the quality go down over time, or have you always had issues with the produce? I agree though, their prices aren't great, and their store brand/off-brand items are often sub par.

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    I haven't been to Whole Foods much in the last few
    years, but their produce used to be at least as good as 
    other supermarkets, and usually better. What are you 
    comparing it to? Have you noticed the quality go down 
    over time, or have you always had issues with the
    produce?

Whole Food's produce quality has tanked since the Amazon acquisition. I'm with you: I used to think that their produce was usually better than the competition. While that might've been changing before Amazon acquired them as well, the produce is now awful: I sometimes literally find better-quality produce in the vending machine in my coworking space, and I can virtually always find better produce (at a cheaper price!) at Kroger, Fresh Market, and even sometimes Trader Joe's or Target.

I find sprouts is often at least as good or better for significantly less. Fry's (Kroger) is better but less selection and lower price.

I tend to go to A.J.'s or Whole Foods when I want more exotic items fresh... and only then.

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