HRPufnstuf, they are not being "punished" for being obese. They ARE being offered rewards for improving themselves and making healthier choices.
Reread the article.

Dude, I respect your right to an opinion, but sometimes there IS no deeper strategy, or conspiracy at work ;-)

Um, John Mackey stepped down, you know, b/c people were upset with how he said what he said more than what he was actually saying. Which people do sometimes, yeah.

It IS progressive for companies to REALLY take care of their employees, to want them to be healthy and have the right tools, to educate them, to offer free education, to pay for expensive trips to institutes for the ones who get to go, to provide gainsharing every month, etc., instead of having every extra dollar go to the top of the pyramid. WE get it. It is HIGHLY progressive to pay out of pocket for a third-party inspection system to inspect you to make sure you are upholding your own values, to be the ONLY organic grocer EVER, and to use wind energy systems, complex recycling programs (and education), and more.

We strive to have everything as organic as we can, and won't label anything as organic that isn't. If an organic lemon touches the conventional lemons, we have to remove it. We donate our leftovers to shelters, daily, and we are always actively collecting for at least 3 different organizations. We feature as much local as we can, and we are not moving 'away' from organic in the least. On the contrary, it is becoming more and more mainstream. :) Natural and organic are two different things, hence the different labels. We have a list over 100 ingredients long, including aspartame and trans fats to just name TWO, and will feature NOTHING that carries so much as ONE of these ingredients. NOBODY ELSE, not even small local grocers in hippie towns, ARE DOING THIS. ;-)

Thank you. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Hey thanks! Maybe better you email me personally from my site at www.schoolofrawk.com. It has my email listed on it. ;-) I look forward to it. Gross about McDonalds, but totally true, agreed, in philosophy. However, I even remember when I was a Brownie in 2nd grade and how the girls who sold the most girlscout cookies got bonus patches and rewards. The rest of us weren't "discriminated" against, we had the option to go out every day and try if we wanted. Ditto for salesman who get paid commission bonuses, as I brought up earlier, and so forth. So, again, it is impossible to call Whole Foods discriminatory against the obese (because it simply isn't true) or anybody else; it is simply a BONUS that everybody has equal opportunity to go work for or not. Period. I'm waiting for non-smokers to protest the extraordinary tax on cigarettes still.....and so far, nobody. Why is that?

Looking fwd to hearing from you, and have a great weekend. :)