Comments on: Boca Raton Florida: It’s Not Easy Being Green…

By: Rebecca S.

Rebecca S. — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:14:18 +0000

I’m excited about Publix making this move. I’ve been a “devoted” Wholefoods shopper for many years, mostly beacause I’m able to walk in, shop for food, and not worry too much about label reading. There IS a difference in eating natural and/or organic. Todd mentions being “too healthy [to fight diseases]“. I for one am exposed to the elements, sick people in close proximity and I must say that I’m doing quite well. I don’t take medication and so my body has learned to build its own defenses. My last cold was 4 years ago and that lasted about 3 days. I’ve yet to get the flu even though I work in an environment where I am very close to many people at a time. I owe that to my lifestyle which involves eating “clean” foods and maintaining a good exercise regimine. I grew up on a mixture of conventional and organic foods and in my adulthood, my body reacts to the differences in the two which is why I made the conversion to strictly organics. I’m glad that there are now more options.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:37:35 +0000

I work for Greenwise, Boca just opened and its SMALL. The store up north is losing money quick, more employees have transfered to a normal store than stayed there. Literally, every department lost over 50%+ of their staff and none have been hired to replace them. The store did 288k last week, they need to do 350k a week to break even. Management is a joke to say the least. The internal survey at the store from employees currently working there was around 30% happyness. The store managers idea was “lets put candy in the room to make the mood upbeat”

I’m not an employee that dislikes the company, its actually a great company, the “Greenwise” part of Publix is a big problem however. It will fail like the other great idea they had, delivering your groceries to your house.

They need to stick to what they do best, run supermarkets, not try to compete with Whole Foods. “People shop at Publix because they need food, people shop at Whole Foods because its a lifestyle.”

Also, Vero Beach is no longer opening and to whoever wrote this article, remember 1 thing, we all grew up on foods that weren’t “organic”, just because you grew up on McDonalds doesn’t mean your kid would. Drink regular milk, eat regular food, its all the same stuff. You get ‘too healthy’ and the body can’t fight diseases that are all around us.

By: francoise

francoise — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:00:10 +0000

Anyone knows when the Boca Raton Publix Greenwise will open? I have been to the Palm Beach one and it is a great concept. I hope the Boca store will have the same great prepared food with a big seating place upstairs.
Than you

By: JB Glossinger

JB Glossinger — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:18:18 +0000

It sure is! We own a cleaning company down here and just started a new Green Line of cleaning and maid service. I also go to my local Whole Foods store here in Plantation at least 3 times a week and Publixs 1 time a week.

I think it is great the whole green movement!

Thanks,
JB
http://www.suncleaninginc.com

By: Rahobed

Rahobed — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:04:11 +0000

More proof that the FTC has made a false argument that Whole Foods and Wild Oats are the ONLY players in this market, and should not be allowed to merge. Publix Greenwise is going to kick their butts in the Southeast!