Whole Foods has always been known to provide quality and organic food to the public and recently, an uprising came across the company when a protest happened outside its Houston store. It was due to their recent announcement that they will stop selling the products made my prisoners.
Grub Street reported that this controversy is what led the people in the town to voice their thoughts about it. It is also due to the fact of the fallout of the sales of some brands of cheese and fish since 2011 and critics said that they weren't made for fair wages (this is actually a real issue for the company), since they are part of a program involving prisoners in the Colorado Department of Corrections. One can picture this scene from the TV series, Orange is the New Black. …show more content…
That place only profits 85 cents for a pound of fish, while the store actually get $11.99 per pound. Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy is another vendor that has inmates responsible for their products. The prisoners only make around $4 a day for
Grub Street reported that this controversy is what led the people in the town to voice their thoughts about it. It is also due to the fact of the fallout of the sales of some brands of cheese and fish since 2011 and critics said that they weren't made for fair wages (this is actually a real issue for the company), since they are part of a program involving prisoners in the Colorado Department of Corrections. One can picture this scene from the TV series, Orange is the New Black. …show more content…
That place only profits 85 cents for a pound of fish, while the store actually get $11.99 per pound. Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy is another vendor that has inmates responsible for their products. The prisoners only make around $4 a day for