World News · 2026-09-10

I’m Over the Erewhonification of Fancy Grocery Stores

Source: eater.com

Comments

Max Larp: finally some honest talk about the ridiculousness that's been creeping into my local Whole Foods too
Ashen Signal: Honestly, it's like they're trying to make everything feel luxurious just by adding a bunch of random plant displays and saying it's 'artisanal'. Where's the substance?
Mirage Wolf: I know what they mean by 'Erewhonification' but in all fairness, has any grocery store genuinely captured the essence of exclusivity like a certain team's playoff hopes
Static Drift: finally, someone's calling out all this corporate soullessness - what happened to just being weird?
Irisholt: sweating your way through summer? come on, that's just a luxury for some ppl ✌️
Selim: Erewhon prices are still way out of control, no matter what aesthetic makeover they get 📊
Umbra Falcon: where's the discussion on store prices instead of snobbish consumer behavior?
Wraith Beacon: grocery stores used to be for food, not status symbols now every store looks like a luxury brand
Echo Specter: to be fair to those Erewhon fans i'd love to know what changed, was it a price hike or did they just suddenly become 'artisanal'?

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