http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:00:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/13/whole-foods-honors-commitment-to-homeless-task-force/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/13/whole-foods-honors-commitment-to-homeless-task-force/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:05:45 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/13/whole-foods-honors-commitment-to-homeless-task-force/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/13/whole-foods-honors-commitment-to-homeless-task-force/feed/ 1 The Whole Foods that canceled a fundraiser for the homeless because of pressure from a nearby neighborhood association says it’s keeping its word. “Whole Foods Market is honoring its commitment by donating $3,500 to the Earn-a-Bike program, and honoring the commitment to our team members, who feel very strongly about continuing with a donation,” writes [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/sopo-bikes-reinstate-whole-foods-fundraiser-for-homeless/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/sopo-bikes-reinstate-whole-foods-fundraiser-for-homeless/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:33:52 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/sopo-bikes-reinstate-whole-foods-fundraiser-for-homeless/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/sopo-bikes-reinstate-whole-foods-fundraiser-for-homeless/feed/ 3 The Sopo Bicycle Cooperative, a local nonprofit that helps people find and fix velocipedes, is asking its members to considerately urge Whole Foods to reinstate the fundraiser it canceled because of pressure from a Midtown neighborhood group. According to a message posted on MySpace by Rachael Spiewak, Sopo’s executive director, the fundraiser to benefit the Metro [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/whole-foods-cancels-fundraiser-for-homeless/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/whole-foods-cancels-fundraiser-for-homeless/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:53:54 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/whole-foods-cancels-fundraiser-for-homeless/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/whole-foods-cancels-fundraiser-for-homeless/feed/ 6 What a difference a few hours makes. The Midtown Ponce Security Alliance has called off its boycott of Whole Foods, according to another e-mail the neighborhood group sent to members. The grocery store agreed to cancel the fundraiser that sparked the boycott. (Five percent of today’s sales would have benefited the Metro Atlanta Task Force for [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/midtown-neighborhood-group-urges-whole-foods-boycott/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/midtown-neighborhood-group-urges-whole-foods-boycott/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:57:13 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/midtown-neighborhood-group-urges-whole-foods-boycott/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/midtown-neighborhood-group-urges-whole-foods-boycott/feed/ 13 (UPDATE) The fundraiser has been canceled because of neighborhood response and the boycott has been lifted. See this post for details. The Midtown Ponce Security Alliance, a vigilant homeowners group whose stance on crime teeters between neighborhood watch and Batman, has called for a boycott of Whole Foods today because the high-end grocery store is donating [...]