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Whole Foods was once "the place" to buy the healthiest foods and were priced as such! No doubt they still are overpriced, but I've been shocked at all the food poisoning reports coming out of that store. There's one just a bit further from us than Harris Teeter & Publix, but we determined a few years ago they weren't worth the extra mileage and pricing, so we've stuck with HT & Publix and thankful for it. Meanwhile I've gotten sick from Birds Eye frozen vegetables (& company expressed ZERO concern!). Another food that is one of the most popular in the USA is deli prepared Chicken Salads. I got food poisoning from eating a small amount of freshly bought product from HT. The positioning of it in the store is such that one would think it was freshly made there. The manager very much apologized to my husband who returned it not just for a refund but to warn them to get it out of their deli case, perhaps their kitchen wasn't sanitary or someone working in it wasn't following sanitary procedures. The manager kindly apologized again, offered an extra store credit and told my husband that the positioning of the product implies it's made fresh there, but it's NOT! It's made at some central location & distributed to a large number of local stores, that they had no way of knowing what conditions were at the central plant, how long the product sat before being distributed and transport conditions. FYI, my further investigating indicates that "store bought" chicken salad caused an inordinate amount of food poisoning! Prep your own at home & just hope the ingredients you buy to make it are as fresh as they claim!

Hope you're feeling better. I've gotten food poisoning 5 times within past year. Used to love restaurant dining until I happened to see what was going on in the kitchen of Zinicola's at Ballantyne Village, had a friend end up in the ER after having a salad bar serving put her in the ER, was told by a Gastroenterologist's PA she had gotten so sick from restaurant & other prepared foods she decided to study and work in Gastroenterology. . .It's boiled down to "what CAN we eat"? My answer has been eggs & sourdough toast. Any questions about eggs (yes, they lie a lot on their packaging -- I know that for sure based on reading & seeing news reports showing proof that so called "expired eggs" were just repackaged by the companies that sold them & put in new boxes with different exp dates. At least there is a way to test an egg. Put the egg in a glass of water. If it sinks to the bottom, it's probably fine. If it floats it has a lot of air in it which means it's old and not to be eaten. Wishing you well! https://www.australianeggs.org.au/facts-and-tips/tell-if-eggs-are-bad#:~:text=Simply%20fill%20a%20bowl%20with,eggs%20should%20be%20thrown%20out.

MOD Pizza never gets the order straight (well, "never" means we gave it two chances). I'm from NYC where the pizza was the best in the world. Now in Charlotte -- the SOUTH should just stick with what they know how to cook. Oh, yeah. . .OKRA. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? IT'S SICKENING TO EVEN LOOK AT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!