SO I'VE NEVER BEEN ROBBED IN LIKE THE TRADITIONAL SENSE BUT I THINK THAT'S THE CLOSEST I'VE EVER
COME TO FEELING LIKE I'VE BEEN ROBBED 35 USD US DOLLARS I THINK I'VE JUST FOUND AMERICA'S
MOST EXPENSIVE GROCERY STORE BECAUSE HERE YOU CAN GET WATER FOR SEVEN DOLLARS AN AVOCADO FOUR
DOLLARS CHICKEN 13.50 BONE BROTH 16 A DOZEN EGGS 12 ROTISSERIE CHICKEN 19 AND MAPLE SYRUP 37 SO ARE
THESE PRICES JUSTIFIED BECAUSE IT'S ORGANIC AND HIGH QUALITY OR IS THIS A TOTAL SCAM ERAWAN HAS
SEVEN LOCATIONS NOW AROUND LA IT'S BEEN EXPANDING IN RECENT YEARS EVERYTHING IS GOURMET OR ORGANIC
SO IT'S WORTH IT IT PRIDES ITSELF ON EXCEPTIONAL ORGANIC PRODUCTS AND HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES AND
THOSE PRODUCTS INCLUDE PISTACHIOS FOR TWENTY DOLLARS AND A FIFTY DOLLAR BOTTLE OF G THIS STORE
IS PRISTINE AND THE PRICES MAKE WHOLE FOODS LOOK LIKE A WALMART OKAY I KNOW THAT FOOD VARIES AND IT
CAN BE ORGANIC OR COME FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW ZEALAND SO MAYBE IT'S NOT THE MOST SHOCKING THAT
SOME OF THESE ITEMS DO EXIST BUT WHAT IS CRAZY TO ME IS THAT THERE IS A DEMAND FOR THESE KINDS OF
ITEMS LIKE TWELVE DOLLARS FOR EGGS SO A DOLLAR AN EGG AND SEVEN DOLLARS FOR WATER AND SURE INFLATION
HAS HIT A 40-YEAR HIGH IN THE US RECENTLY SO GROCERIES HAVE COME UP AROUND 10 IN PRICE
BUT SOME OF THESE THINGS JUST SEEM LIKE NEXT LEVEL PRICES YOU WOULDN'T EVEN SEE IN NEW YORK CITY
ONE THING I NOTICED IS THAT MOST PEOPLE HERE THOUGH JUST COME FOR THE HOT FOOD STATION
TO GRAB SOME FOOD TO GO MAYBE THEY'LL PICK UP AN ITEM OR TWO WHILE THEY'RE HERE BUT IT'S REALLY
RARE TO SEE ANYONE DOING THEIR NORMAL GROCERY SHOPPING HERE AND FILLING UP A CART AFTER ALL
WHO CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD THAT I END UP BUYING THREE ITEMS A BOTTLE OF WATER A DOZEN EGGS AND THIS BOX
OF SPINACH WITH BERRIES ON TOP IT COST ME 35 AND JUST WHEN I THINK MAYBE WE CAN GIVE THIS STORE THE
BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S ORGANIC AND PROBABLY SUPPORTING HIGH QUALITY FARMING
I CONSIDER THIS A NORMAL BOX OF SPINACH HERE IS ABOUT EIGHT DOLLARS MINE WAS FIFTEEN DOLLARS
BECAUSE THEY ADDED BERRIES TO THE TOP OF IT THEM DOING THIS DID TWO THINGS IT MADE THIS PRODUCT
A LOT MORE APPEALING AND VISUAL TO A CUSTOMER WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDING WEIGHT TO JUSTIFY
AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN DOLLARS THIS REALLY IS NOT A GOOD FEELING AT ALL LIKE NOT EVEN FOR THE VIDEO
I'M SITTING DOWN NOW I'M GONNA TRY THE SEVEN AND A HALF DOLLAR WATER BUT THIS WATER COMES FROM NEW
ZEALAND THEY SAY THE PROCESS IS COMPLETELY CARBON NEUTRAL AND IT'S MEANT TO BE DRANK WITH FINE FOODS
SO IS THIS JUST GOOD BUSINESS OR A TOTAL SCAM TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK IN THE COMMENTS THE EXPERIENCE
OF ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE STORE WAS CRAZY I MEAN THIS MAKES WHOLE FOODS SEEM LIKE A WALMART THAT'S
HOW EXPENSIVE THIS IS WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS AT THE END SHE TOLD ME THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR A
MEMBERSHIP AND IF YOU PAY 200 A YEAR THEN YOU GET 10 OFF YOUR GROCERIES WHICH YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT
GROCERY STORES DOING YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT THAT ALSO SHE TOLD ME THAT HER EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT IS 20
OFF SO ANYTHING SHE BUYS IN THE STORE SHE GETS 20 OFF BUT CONSIDER THIS GROCERY STORES USUALLY HAVE
VERY SLIM MARGINS I'M TALKING BETWEEN ONE AND THREE PERCENT OFF OF EVERY PRODUCT SO THE FACT
THAT THEY CAN GIVE THEIR EMPLOYEES 20 OFF MEANS THAT THE MARKUP HERE IS SUPER HIGH I GET THAT
THE PRODUCTS ARE HIGHER QUALITY AND ORGANIC AND YADA YADA YADA YADA BUT THE MARKUP HERE IS INSANE
ONE MORE THING I NOTICED IS THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT DOING LIKE TRADITIONAL SHOPPING HERE
IT'S VERY RARE TO SEE PEOPLE WITH A BASKET IN FACT THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE SHOPPING CARTS
BECAUSE TO HAVE SHOPPING CARTS WOULD LITERALLY ROB SOMEONE'S BANK ACCOUNT SO THEY JUST DO BASKETS AND
MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN NEED A BASKET MOST PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY JUST GETTING ONE TO
MAYBE THREE ITEMS AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING TO GET FRESH FOOD HERE IT'S NOT REALLY THE
KIND OF PLACE THAT YOU GET A LOT OF YOUR GROCERIES FROM BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT YOU WOULD BE BROKE IF
YOU DID BUT THE FACT THAT THIS PLACE IS EXPANDING MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND THERE'S A DEMAND FOR IT
IT'S SUPER INTERESTING TO ME LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD YOU SHOP HERE