Organic Foods Hit
We all know just how vital is a healthy diet.; and, similarly, we know that for our food to be organic is important – or very important.
If you are on a cleansing detox diet – organic is very desirable. Even in our daily diet we need to aim to cut right down on the nasty additives of all types present in our food. 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 cleansing detox diet 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. They employ 500, including 55 chefs.
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.”
What bad timing that the bad times hit just after their opening. 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.
The Future For Organic?
Things are looking down for the store now as the Sloanes are moving from purchasing organic food to non-organic. If the supposedly high-paid won’t dig deep for organic good – will the rest of us?
Maybe they’ll need to delay that cleansing detox diet – or carry it out , heaven forbid,, using food which just might contain pesticides…
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