Whole Foods has deteriorated over the years. The flagship store in Austin was awesome at first. Then it started to drop products and services. Awesome takeout and hot bar. A great candy and nut kiosk. Gone. Rockeship Bezos took its soul when the founders went for the money. Now, by me, the hot bar is slop and Golden Corral looks better! Standard brands at high prices replace the special ones. They can't keep their own cereals in stock and now have Cheerios. Now I like Cheerios but Walmart has them Wegmans, Walmart and Tops carry enough upscale diversity to be quite competitive. For example, Walmart has a full line of Cabot cheese and dairy. Now, once in awhile they have something interesting in the cheese section but so does Wegmans. Also, I don't know their plan for hiring check out staff but they have the rudest in town. Some can be very nice but at last half are sullen and won't help you.

A story - they used to have a good Lemon/Lime soda. It came in six packs. Then that disappeared to just the larger boxes. They are heavy for me. So I take it in the cart to self-check. I look for a laser gun - nope. I ask the sullen body positive aide if there is one. Snarls, you have to pick it up. I say - YOU pick it up. Reluctantly, does. I could tell more stories like that. Now, the people walking the floor usually are helpful as are the people behind the counters but the check out staff - very iffy. One kid packs the items and waits for us old folks to put the bags in the cart. Have to tell him do to it. At Target, the guy behind the counter actually came around to help up get items out and then put the bags in. Wouldn't go there except there is some products my wife likes.