Whole Foods on Carlisle...Bulk Food has maggots!

[Shannon]

Just thought I'd let everyone know. I bought soup mix from the bulk bins two weeks ago, and when I went to cook it today I found maggots in it. I went down to the store and found maggots crawling outside the bins. When they pulled it out of the walls there were even FLIES inside the bins, and it was completely infested.

I am completely grossed out.

[davis]

Yum!

[Flaca]

Definately call the health department. did you take pictures? For the health department?
I feel like up chucking

[D. Michael]

If PETA finds out about this, they'll boycott the store for cruelty to maggots.

[magoo]

the health department has already responded, inspecting the entire bulk foods area at Whole Foods (Carlisle), and they found the maggots to be quite healthy (they are actually fluorishing).......................

[zoodeb]

Ever since Whole Foods took over Wild Oats, that store on Carlisle has gone downhill. Each week there is a new disappointment, inadequacy, shelves not restocked, bad coffee, fewer choices, higher prices, fewer sales, etc. I've stopped going, even though it is the place nearest me. The maggot thing is the Last Straw. It just goes to show how once again, getting too big can ruin a good thing. Boo hiss. PS: buy local!

[davis]

I agree. The total ruination of the meat counter has completely mucked up my protein intake. Huh. Maybe I should check out those Huhu grubs...

[Khan]

I second Fraulein Zoo: Thumbs Down on the Whole Paycheck.

[Just Al...]

YES, zoodeb's remarks are right on...

Don't buy anything from Whole Foods that doesn't come in a can...

Shop the Co-op!

[singingwater]

Yes. Even though the name has changed to Whole Foods. It's still the old Wild Oats with apathetic employees, a dirty store that smells bad, and food that is bordering on rotting. Cheese is usually spoiled, don't dare buy the meat, and fruit and vegetables rot within a day of buying them. Try Vitamin Cottage, it's worth the drive. Maybe they will open another store somewhere else besides NE. I never go to the Co-op either, underpaid employees and too many customers with attitudes who are posing.

[singingwater]

I just called the store manager, Brad, at the Academy Store, and he said that the Carlisle Store is getting ready for a total renovation. I told him about the discussion going on DCF and he said he is going to forward all of this to Corporate. Thankyou Shannon for making the community aware of this.
I think there should be an ongoing column or discussion regarding various restaurants in town where people have gotten sick. I am down to about 3 that I can eat at: The Frontier, Sweet Tomatoes on San Mateo, and Gardunos on 4th Street. I have called the owner of the Range Cafe about unadvertised alcohol being put in some of the deserts. He was defensive and rude. I think that posting these things here may be a way to get some changes in the food quality and health of Albuquerque. At Flying Star, there has been bone and gristle in the hamburgers at various times. I haven't been in there in more than 3 years.

[singingwater]

I stopped going to the Olympia Cafe several years ago, when they stopped washing their lettuce for salads and started buying "prewashed" lettuce with some kind of preservative on it. I called them after vomiting an entire night. The owner's wife was pleasant enough and said she would give me washed lettuce if I requested it, specially. I wonder how much of this is contributing to the so-called "salmonella" outbreak. That and employees who do not wash their hands after using the bathroom.

[davis]

I never understand this attitude about the co-op. Most of the employees have worked there for years, and are very friendly. And maybe some hipster hippies shop there, but so do plenty of average folks. Remember, smile and the world smiles back at you!