Organic Food Bashed By Economy
It is clear that a healthy diet is important.; and, similarly, we know that for our food to be organic is important – or very important.
If you are on a cleansing detox – organic is very desirable. Even in our daily diet we need to aim to minimize the amount of chemical additives we eat. It is widely reported that these are known to be more in non-organic. Reducing these is likely to help the body work better; and may even avoid the development of some cancers and other diseases.
It we cut right down on additives – the healthy detox becomes less necessary!
Organic? Not Right Now
Now there is poor news on the organic front; London’s biggest organic shop has been affected by the economic downturn.
Whole Foods Market in Kensington, London opened in June 2008 hoping for great things. However, sales of their organic foods have disappointed. US Parent company, Fresh and Wild, lost nearly ?10m in the year to September 2009, helped by losses from the Kensington store.
The Kensington Whole Foods Market aimed high – some say too high. Their staff numbers 500 and includes over 50 high paid cooking staff.
Natalie Berg, a retail expert at Planet Retail commented:
“It’s an expensive store in an expensive part of town…. ”
Neil Saunders, of retail analyst Verdict said:
“The economics of that store in Kensington just don’t stack up.”
Really bad luck that they opened in mid-2008 – just as markets were falling. In a better market, maybe they could have been successful selling to the ‘Sloane Rangers’ then expanded over London. This could have fueled the already buoyant market for organic nationwide – and provide more great quality vegetables and fruit for our detoxes. Not now, it seems.
Organic Looks Dodgy
Things are looking down for the store now as the Sloanes are moving from purchasing organic food to non-organic. If the Sloanes can’t afford it, neither can the rest of us.
Maybe they’ll need to delay that cleansing detox – or carry it out , heaven forbid,, using food which just might contain pesticides…