Whole-ly Foods!

As a self proclaimed foodie, I jumped at the chance to do Thanksgiving Shopping at the Whole Foods headquarters in Austin.

I’ve been to the store before but had not had time previously to just get lost in whole foods heaven. Upon walking into a Whole Foods, it just reminds you of what you are missing when shopping at supermarkets. Don’t get me wrong, I love and can afford my neighborhood Publix; but, they don’t even hold a candle to something like this.

The store itself is a massive maze of the freshest and most delicious edibles you can imagine. They have three different sections for cheese! You can open a bottle of vino in the store and enjoy while shopping! They have fresh food bars, literally, everywhere. You can sit and eat fresh pasta, have sushi rolled before your eyes or drool in the dessert section (mental note: must put chocolate fountain on Christmas List). Not only is the food at the Whole Foods Austin incredible, the atmosphere is so energizing.

Everyone in that store is happy to be there. You have to park in an Ikea-esque deck and go up an escalator to enter…people are coming for a reason. Now, I enjoy dancing in the aisles of my local grocer, but never have I brought my iPod and rocked out while shopping. People do that there! Perhaps it is Austin, or perhaps everyone was just as jazzed about the food as me…but they have something infectious going on there.

Needless to say…but I’ll say it…Whole-ly Foods!!