The Whole Foods Boycott

Earlier this week, Whole Foods (WFMI) CEO John Mackey wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal against President Obama’s health care reform ideas. Some Whole Foods customers are responding with a boycott.
The opinion expressed was Mr. Mackey’s, not the policy of Whole Foods. I find it deeply unsettling that customers are willing to boycott a company due to the personal political opinions of its CEO.
The irony lost on the boycotters is that Whole Foods’ customers operate in a market where they’re free to boycott Whole Foods and go to a different store. This is exactly the same principle that critics of health care reform are trying to make.

Posted by on August 19th, 2009 at 12:48 pm


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