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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><STRONG style="RIGHT: auto">Whole Foods will bring in there own farmers market - that is what the company does</STRONG>. </SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Please read my previously posted messages regarding this and check the links<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">They view independent markets as compitition. Whole Foods does not want independent markets near their stores.</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><STRONG>They demand independent farm markets</STRONG> <EM>and </EM></SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">they bring in<FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; RIGHT: auto"> <FONT style="RIGHT: auto"><STRONG style="RIGHT: auto">FARM FRESH MARKETS. </STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><STRONG style="RIGHT: auto">Farm Fresh Market is a trade name.</STRONG></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> TownTalk <towntalk@riverdale-park.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, August 11, 2011 8:27 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [RP TownTalk] if you support mixed use development of Cafritz property...<BR></FONT><BR>> I don’t think Whole Foods is going to help our Farmer’s Market. Why would<BR>> anyone come to an empty Town Center to swelter or freeze when they can go to<BR>> Whole Foods and shop in
comfort for possibly lower prices? It’s a no<BR>> brainer.<BR><BR>Well, I buy most of my produce, meat, and baked goods at our local<BR>farmer's market, and do my other shopping at My Organic Market in<BR>College Park. Anything I cannot get at those two places, I supplement<BR>with a trip to the regular grocery store (Giant or Shopper's).<BR><BR>I prefer to shop at the Farmer's Market - it's always my first choice.<BR>I like that I can talk to the farmers about what they have grown or<BR>made themselves. They can guide me to purchase things that fit my<BR>personalized tastes. I also like to support our farmers directly.<BR><BR>There are lots of complicated reasons why people shop where they do.<BR>For me, climate control doesn't matter. For me, cost matters some, but<BR>not as much as access to high quality produce. I like to enjoy what I<BR>eat. And I also like to support local businesses. But those are my<BR>reasons.<BR><BR>Other people
have other reasons. You say above that you prefer a<BR>climate controlled store and cheaper prices. Others might want to do<BR>all their shopping in one place. Perhaps others want access to<BR>specialty foods that are only available at Whole Foods.<BR><BR>Starbucks figured out that you can have two outlets of the same exact<BR>store across the street from each other, and both will do a good<BR>business (e.g., in Woodley Park.) I don't understand exactly how that<BR>works, but it seems that at least part of the equation is that if you<BR>build stores that are attractive to a certain clientele, they search<BR>nearby for similar things that interest them.<BR><BR>I'm not denying that your other claim that the zoning change doesn't<BR>guarantee anything about what will go in on the Cafritz property. But<BR>Whole Foods has *signed a lease*. That's much more than wishful<BR>thinking.<BR><BR>-Sarah<BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Sarah Wayland<BR><A
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