Came here to say this. Recycled material for that sweet sweet karma farming. Just wait til they get their hands on the peeled orange in the plastic container.
It Still happened. We were still told to use it. Just like jello tuna salad, purple ketchup, bottled tap water, powdered iced tea mix, baked goods for dogs, Retro Chef Boyardee (which oddly, SHOULD be the product to choose, considering modern Chef Boyardee is FULL of unnecessary additives), baconnaise, bacon sundaes, chocolate covered bacon, sugar-covered breakfast cereals...
Yes it's old but people have to remember that there are individuals on this site that were too young to know about this scandal. It was hilarious. My husband and I still joke about it to this day when we see something ridiculous.
Just thought of a good way to compete, collect all the water from used canned asparagus. Sell for 3 dollars per bottle. Canned asparagus is prob like 1 dollar for 16 oz.
I know that especially in a young and naive juvenile stage that I or anybody could pick this up and buy it and tell whoever or anyone or myself that I'm drinking asparagus water! Sounds so healthy xD
Of course it’s Whole Foods… the people who shop there are the morons that can afford to buy this shit on their way to their gala fund raiser for climate change awareness or some other meaningless shit they use to make themselves feel special
There is one reason and one reason only to go there... Seafood, for the off night I'm making something fancy at home. For everything else in that store that's overpriced BS, they have the best quality seafood, often at the cheapest price in my area, which is freakin' appalling given how expensive everything else is.
The wholefoods near me is cheaper than Wegmans. As with any store, it is not every item, but hamburger sale prices are cheaper at 90/10 than the 73/27 at Wegmans. Mushrooms, frozen veggies, and frozen pizza are all better priced than the two leading grocery stores, Wegmans and Topps. Their produce is also a much higher quality. But you keep paying more for lesser quality food to own the libs, lol.
Almost all modern recipes come from consumerism. The entire food market logistical system is only possible because of consumerism. I studied this in college, and there are alternatives. But almost everything we know of today as food has been made possible by capitalist style economics. Please understand that I am not trying to smoke one of those pro-capitslist posts. I'm only telling history. I am way more in favor of socialism than I sound right now. But look at bread. Everyone baked bread, but it was fairly hard to find unadulterated flour for a long time (especially under communism and other economic systems like right-wing-totalitarianism, which the US is closer to than capitalism). When balanced economics promoted by what people understood about capitalism in the early 1900s (unions and later welfare. I know this doesn't make sense but the definitions have been severely twisted by oligarchs) created a vibrant middle class, the people suddenly had political control of the bulk of the money. They used that power to create laws that supplied clean, unadulterated foods. Savvy businessmen noticed that some families' homemakers struggled to produce the quality breads that could be found at bakeries. Baking a perfectly even loaf without bubbles in it was a huge point of pride for some housewives. Those savvy businessmen noticed a demand, and created a system of producing perfect bread each loaf, in mass quantity. The availability of that revolutionized how people ate. Sandwiches and sandwich toppings, like peanut butter, exploded in popularity. After several other steps in this process evolved we have now hit a new stage during pandemic where home bakers have connected using social media to hone home baking skills up to previously unknown levels.
Consumerism also leads to pretty dope stuff that we wouldn't be able to easily grow and make ourselves like burgers, spaghetti, and chocolate cake. Consumerism isn't bad in itself but there are a lot of bad and stupid people/things as a result of a free market based in consumerism.
I can only imagine some dick sitting there “okay. We need to make our water seem healthier & have taste. & their boss says “yes. Something refreshing like… asparagus.”
I remember this. Turned out to be a joke done by the produce manager of a particular location. I first thought they were shooting for asparagus juice, like you get in Asia. :D
Honestly I would get someone in prepared foods dept to slice them up real nice. Maybe a quick blanch and shock to bring out the colors; then bottle it up...maybe throw in some edible wild flowers and then you would have no complaints; probably sell it for $9.99 instead.
When I lived in Korea larger pears, fancy apples, and mangoes each had a styrofoam nextinf clinging to each individual body. I assume to prevent bruising. I was so offput but the amount of plastic waste in all their packaging and produce. Even buiscuits in a cardboard box were either individually or wrapped in plastic pouches of 2-20 depending on what it was.
This is from 2015 and Whole Foods got ripped all over the internet and discontinued it. Check out the expiration date on the bottle.
Was this before or after the individually wrapped bananas or pineapple something something?
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Everything at whole foods is an overpriced scam
Yeah I remember when that happened.
I love how these stores never just lower the price. They always discontinue it because lowering the price would be admitting price gouging.
Thank you though I wasted a serious WTF on it.
Came here to say this. Recycled material for that sweet sweet karma farming. Just wait til they get their hands on the peeled orange in the plastic container.
Almost like the market spoke and the problem went away
It Still happened. We were still told to use it. Just like jello tuna salad, purple ketchup, bottled tap water, powdered iced tea mix, baked goods for dogs, Retro Chef Boyardee (which oddly, SHOULD be the product to choose, considering modern Chef Boyardee is FULL of unnecessary additives), baconnaise, bacon sundaes, chocolate covered bacon, sugar-covered breakfast cereals...
So not only are they selling asparagus water but it's been expired for 7 YEARS TOO?!
Why….would this ever….happen
Oh so now it’s expired asparagus water !?
Still tho
Also using that company is cheating.
Still stupid though
These always seem to be Whole Foods. It's pretty ironic
$5.99 in 2015 for water with asparagus?!?!?! They were not playing around. These must’ve been some high quality asparagus
It’s the fact they had the gall to try it in the first place. They should get the needle.
Lol i was wondering what made it shelf stable, then read the label that basically says "yeah its not".
This would get gross fast. Asparagus stems are fine to keep in water but the tips do not like being wet and will rot in 1-2 days.
Wholes Foods addressed this when it was first reported a while ago.
Nothing from fresh pack stays out for over a week
Now this is stupid food.
This actually became a mini-scandal for them, with national news and even John Oliver taking the piss over something so dumb
And the worst part is the piss-take had that weird "I just ate asparagus" smell to it.
At the time, each Whole Foods store manager was given a lot of free range to do what they wanted in their store.
Why are you saying “taking the piss” as an American
Does it taste like your pee smells?
Pee ain't free bro
And this was 7 years ago. Probably $12 now 😮💨
Do you know how
damn this photo is so old you can see the OG Instagram filter
Yeah! I saw it on Facebook this morning for the first time, and didn’t see any other posts here about it, so figured why not share
This is the most appropriate submission I’ve seen here in a long time.
I can get asparagus water from my toilet for free.
Plastic! So much ficking plastic!
I don't think it's consumerism. This is result of too many people having way too much money. You don't see that shit in poor areas
Right... You know they just want to waste all that money on something...
$5.99??
Yes it's old but people have to remember that there are individuals on this site that were too young to know about this scandal. It was hilarious. My husband and I still joke about it to this day when we see something ridiculous.
i'd drink it
No need to bring up shit from 2015. This was appropriately mocked at the time. It proved just because their is supply doesnt not mean their is demand.
*there and *there. At least you're consistent.
Agree, but it’s “there” not “their”
Just thought of a good way to compete, collect all the water from used canned asparagus. Sell for 3 dollars per bottle. Canned asparagus is prob like 1 dollar for 16 oz.
Bruh a can of asparagus in my area rn is like $3-$4. Its so sad
Five whole doll hairs. Fucking whole foods. I swear the whole chain is an elaborate social experiment.
Forget about the company that’s making this.
The same people who believe that they need to remove "toxin" from their body.
I remember this incident. I don't think they sell it anymore, because it made people mad. Nobody gets outraged by Gucci bags.
Moral of the story: Whole Foods should sell Gucci bags
Whole Foods' official PR response to this photo:
Sorry I distinctly remember seeing this in Portland, Oregon too. I thought it was ridiculous.
Of course it's Whole Foods.
That's $7.50 in todays monies
$7.95 with tax
That was 7 years ago, get some new content.
Seems like an old photo
It's from 2015.
For Capitalism to work, it needs a steady stream of idiots, spending their money on something they don't need.
Yeah, capitalism is the worst economic system, until you consider all the other possibilities.
Consumption results in stinky pee
I know that especially in a young and naive juvenile stage that I or anybody could pick this up and buy it and tell whoever or anyone or myself that I'm drinking asparagus water! Sounds so healthy xD
anticonsumption
I found
There was a whole health fad around this I thought
Damn. That asparagus better be able to make my d#$k 2 feet long for that price.
Lemme get a pallet of dat shit
Tf makes sense about asparagus water?
They forget to put a gluten free label on it to double the price again
As well as “plant-based”
Smelly pee speedrun
That's urine with extra steps
Seriously, this is some rich liberal white people bullshit.
Whole foods nearly was renamed to that but it got shut down
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Rich white liberals do love their asparagus
The worst thing about this isn’t the asparagus, it’s the fact that the water isn’t pasteurized.
Such an old repost. That shit expired in 2015. Try harder.
Of course it’s Whole Foods… the people who shop there are the morons that can afford to buy this shit on their way to their gala fund raiser for climate change awareness or some other meaningless shit they use to make themselves feel special
Even their damn cookies are expensive.
There is one reason and one reason only to go there... Seafood, for the off night I'm making something fancy at home. For everything else in that store that's overpriced BS, they have the best quality seafood, often at the cheapest price in my area, which is freakin' appalling given how expensive everything else is.
The wholefoods near me is cheaper than Wegmans. As with any store, it is not every item, but hamburger sale prices are cheaper at 90/10 than the 73/27 at Wegmans. Mushrooms, frozen veggies, and frozen pizza are all better priced than the two leading grocery stores, Wegmans and Topps. Their produce is also a much higher quality. But you keep paying more for lesser quality food to own the libs, lol.
Tilapia wearing yoga pants! Pomegranates that only listen to NPR!
They keep selling it because someone's buying it.
Not really. They don't sell it because everyone made fun of it 7 years ago when the photo was taken.
"Capitalism drives innovation."
Almost all modern recipes come from consumerism. The entire food market logistical system is only possible because of consumerism. I studied this in college, and there are alternatives. But almost everything we know of today as food has been made possible by capitalist style economics. Please understand that I am not trying to smoke one of those pro-capitslist posts. I'm only telling history. I am way more in favor of socialism than I sound right now. But look at bread. Everyone baked bread, but it was fairly hard to find unadulterated flour for a long time (especially under communism and other economic systems like right-wing-totalitarianism, which the US is closer to than capitalism). When balanced economics promoted by what people understood about capitalism in the early 1900s (unions and later welfare. I know this doesn't make sense but the definitions have been severely twisted by oligarchs) created a vibrant middle class, the people suddenly had political control of the bulk of the money. They used that power to create laws that supplied clean, unadulterated foods. Savvy businessmen noticed that some families' homemakers struggled to produce the quality breads that could be found at bakeries. Baking a perfectly even loaf without bubbles in it was a huge point of pride for some housewives. Those savvy businessmen noticed a demand, and created a system of producing perfect bread each loaf, in mass quantity. The availability of that revolutionized how people ate. Sandwiches and sandwich toppings, like peanut butter, exploded in popularity. After several other steps in this process evolved we have now hit a new stage during pandemic where home bakers have connected using social media to hone home baking skills up to previously unknown levels.
Consumerism also leads to pretty dope stuff that we wouldn't be able to easily grow and make ourselves like burgers, spaghetti, and chocolate cake. Consumerism isn't bad in itself but there are a lot of bad and stupid people/things as a result of a free market based in consumerism.
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That’s disgusting, I imagine it would taste like what your piss smells like after eating asparagus.
I thought the label said asparagus hater and I was like yeah I'm on board.
That's how they make their money...
When you want your piss to be clear but stinky
Ha! That's only like $3 with of asparagus!
$6 to instantly stink your piss off of a mere 3 twigs of asparagus? Fuck
I would chug that shit hard right before a drug test collection.
Murica
WTF?
The abundance of unnecessary food goods also gives the corporations an excuse to charge more for food.
Wtf, I bet Karen’s are buying it.
Yeah but people buy it.
Oooh now you can experience drinking a fart
Enough to make Boris Yeltsin cry
So I guess you'd rather live in China, subsisting off of rats and sewer water?
I make my own asparagus water every time I eat asparagus.
6 bucks??!!
When you want your piss to stink but you don’t want to eat veggies.
Fire whoever thought of this
I need to find something to sell to stupid people
Whole foods tried to sell this bullshit in 2015 for $6 a bottle
Wtf!!
I make asparagus water. After eating asparagus.
Ah, for when you're thirsty but you also want your pee to smell funny.
This is from 2015
So your pee always smells bad?
I can only imagine some dick sitting there “okay. We need to make our water seem healthier & have taste. & their boss says “yes. Something refreshing like… asparagus.”
No one has ever bought one of those.
Ahh this is perfect, my wife and we're trying to figure out what to do with the asparagus In the fridge and now I know.
I remember this. Turned out to be a joke done by the produce manager of a particular location. I first thought they were shooting for asparagus juice, like you get in Asia. :D
No fucking way
And there's dumbass 'educated' idiots that will buy this shit. Morons
You think that's fancy? Wait till I dilute it 10,000 times and give you ultra chakra aligning karma free organic soy-v-latto-0% pure asparagass water
I’m literally too smart to come up with this stupid ass product.
Honestly I would get someone in prepared foods dept to slice them up real nice. Maybe a quick blanch and shock to bring out the colors; then bottle it up...maybe throw in some edible wild flowers and then you would have no complaints; probably sell it for $9.99 instead.
This plastic will end up in the soil or the ocean 😡
Why not just drink your own urine, it probably tastes the same and it free
IIRC this was a joke an employee played that kind of turned into an actual item at some stores.
***** **** warned me about this
Is a singular asparagus called an asparagi
Piss doesn’t smell awful? Well, we have just the product for that!
For people who want their piss to smell like asparagus for even LONGER lol.
vomits
This old
I can find asparagus where I live for free
My mom would def buy this rubbish
Wow
The backrooms off brand almond water
This is so old. Like, at least 10 years
It's only supported by stupid people with too much money.
I'm in the wrong damn business....
Was this even safe to drink? Looks like a biotope.
Pee Stink ~ Aqua de Fume
When I lived in Korea larger pears, fancy apples, and mangoes each had a styrofoam nextinf clinging to each individual body. I assume to prevent bruising. I was so offput but the amount of plastic waste in all their packaging and produce. Even buiscuits in a cardboard box were either individually or wrapped in plastic pouches of 2-20 depending on what it was.
Is this for a pee kink or something?
for when you REALLY need that stinky pee
Tastes and smells like pee !
I bet it smells wild in that aisle
Well put.
Selling water by the pound and a plastic bottle for the ocean.. so great
I was like “what’s the big deal?” Then I saw the price tag.
If I wanted my water to smell like asparagus I’d eat asparagus and drink my piss.
Weren’t we trying to use less plastic?
sell by 2015…
yeah and the free market gets rid of it because no one buys it. this no longer exists as others pointed out.
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cool story bro
I wonder if this is L.A. or something. None of the Seattle area Whole Foods have this.
It was one store 7 years ago.
Taste like 2015
this is for all of the stay at home moms who make cringe TikToks while their husband bust their ass.