Meaning of Whole Paycheck | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Whole Foods, an American supermarket chain.
   US, derogatory, humorous, slang
2. Alternative letter-case form of Whole Paycheck
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Examples

“We (all right, Nancy) want to buy as much organic dairy products, fruit and produce, meat and fish as we can. So we start at Whole Foods where they have both. At absolutely ridiculous prices. The store is not known as Whole Paycheck for nothing.”

“But while the firm has made healthier foods more accessible - though certainly not more affordable as witnessed by its nickname "Whole Paycheck" - it has also driven many independent natural foods retailers out of business and promoted the cultural consolidation of organic agriculture.”

“Key players in this fragmentation were the niche grocery stores that had begun rapidly expanding in the 1990s, such as Whole Foods Market (opened in 1980, now doing $15 billion in annual sales) and Trader Joe's (1967, about $9 billion today), followed by newcomers such as Sprouts Farmers Market and Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, hoping to cut in on sales at Whole Foods (dubbed “Whole Paycheck” by some for their comparatively high prices).”

“Some critics indicted Whole Foods of misleading consumers about the products that they were paying through the roof for. Charges of elitism were common, as was the derisive nickname "Whole Paycheck."”

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