Does whole foods really beg for charity when you checkout?

[Maximilian]

Is that a thing?

 

[Ns1]

never noticed it so I'm going to go with no.

 

[Crono]

I was at a Whole Foods just yesterday. Didn't happen then, and hasn't happened ever to me.

 

[Childs]

Safeway does. They ask if you want to donate to some charity, and when you use the keypad it also asks if you want to donate.

 

[Maximilian]

Safeway does. They ask if you want to donate to some charity, and when you use the keypad it also asks if you want to donate.

Glad they got bought over in the UK D: "do you want cash back?" and "have you got a nectar card" is annoying enough.

 

[IronWing]

Circle K does. I interpret the question as "Would you like to donate to our marketing campaign?"

 

[JEDIYoda]

Is that a thing?

Are you offended when thes stores ask if you would like to contribute to charity??


Beg is a word you used to get people to read your thread and then you gave no examples of what your so upset about/.....

 

[IronWing]

Are you offended when thes stores ask if you would like to contribute to charity??


Beg is a word you used to get people to read your thread and then you gave no examples of what your so upset about/.....

It's a PR campaign for the stores. They can use their own money for that.

 

[maddogchen]

when i use my own bag, they ask if I want to keep or donate the 5 cents I get for using my own bag

 

[Pulsar]

Are you offended when thes stores ask if you would like to contribute to charity??


Beg is a word you used to get people to read your thread and then you gave no examples of what your so upset about/.....

Absolutely. Commercializing something that is a personal choice like that is just crass. Americans as a whole give huge amounts to charity. Trying to beg them into giving at your store so you can brag about how community oriented is just a load of BS.

Kmart, Target, Walmart.... they all do it now.

Of course, if you dig into it you'll find out that it isn't free - fees here and fees there take money away from the actual charity. Do the smart thing and give directly. Cut out these marketing middlemen.

If you want to know whether or not these stores are really 'community' oriented, walk in and ask THEM for a donation for your local little league or cub scout troop. Don't be surprised when you're turned down. We hit up Lowes and Home Depot when we doing Habitat for Humanity and were met with the response "we don't accept soliciting here" and "our headquarters handles all donations. Individual stores do not.

Then you hit the stores that DO care like Costco and Sams who actually commit to donation a certain amount of money on a quarterly basis to local causes.

 

[feralkid]

Glad they got bought over in the UK D: "do you want cash back?" and "have you got a nectar card" is annoying enough.

Actually, they haven't been associated with the U.K. stores since 1987.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeway_(UK)

 

[lxskllr]

I've seen that at stores, but I've never been to Whole Foods. I have charities I give to, and don't appreciate being asked at the store in a passive/aggressive shame move.

 

[Phoenix86]

Of course, if you dig into it you'll find out that it isn't free - fees here and fees there take money away from the actual charity. Do the smart thing and give directly. Cut out these marketing middlemen.

Also, find charities that donate to the cause, not "raising awareness" or "education".

 

[jpiniero]

Circle K does. I interpret the question as "Would you like to donate to our marketing campaign?"

More like "donate" so we can pay less taxes"

 

[xcas]

Uh, no. But if you want Whole Foods advice, don't ever buy from the hot bar thinking it'll be a nice quick dinner after reheating. Everything tastes like cardboard.

 

[Newbian]

I wonder how often they are fake and the stores just keep the extra dollar / change or use it by donating the money people pay and then writing it off as a tax off as if it was coming from them directly.

I know a lot of the donation boxes are scams themselves but how often the store themselves are abusing it.

 

[Bacstar]

Seems like a lot of stores up here in Alaska are starting to do it through the card machine: Pet Smart for animal rescue, best buy can't remember, McDonalds for a children charity, and Carrs for something else.

 

[Maximilian]

Are you offended when thes stores ask if you would like to contribute to charity??


Beg is a word you used to get people to read your thread and then you gave no examples of what your so upset about/.....

Whos upset? I simply watched south park and wondered.

 

[holden j caufield]

You guys do realize that these places might spend 1 or 2% of the gross take in on the actual cause and then we don't even where that 1 or 2% goes.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article23061570.html

take in 500,000,000 and build 6 shacks what a crock

And the wounded warrior project scam that they spam us with commercials

http://bulletsfirst.net/2014/12/30/stop-donating-wounded-warrior-project-theyre-fraud/

There are so many more

 

[Humpy]

I always donate my bag credit at Whole Foods if they have an option for giving to an animal charity. If it's for kids I keep it.

I've never been upset by them asking.

Now, at places like Kmart or Sears where it takes 15+ minutes waiting in one of two open lanes and make you wait until everything is rung up before you can swipe your card and then ask if it's credit or debit and then they ask to see an ID and then want a zip code and want to know if you want a store credit card and if you want to join their savings club and if you want 15% off tax preparation at H&R Block and then give you a 3' long receipt and ask you to take a survey I admit I get a bit bothered by it all. It's just a terrible experience dealing with those cocksuckers and I only shop there in an emergency, though inside I know I'll be happiest when they don't have what I needed.

 

[CA19100]

Now, at places like Kmart or Sears ...

Ugh, the last time I was in a Sears was to buy a mattress, and they tried to do everything on this little handheld gizmo with an iPod Touch in it. So slow, so cumbersome. He had to get my name and address and everything into it to set up the delivery, and it was just excruciating. I asked if it would be faster at a register with a real keyboard, and he said he wasn't allowed. They're required to use this little handheld thing because "that's what the customers are demanding." Yeah... His eyes rolled almost as much as mine when he said it.

 

[master_shake_]

You guys do realize that these places might spend 1 or 2% of the gross take in on the actual cause and then we don't even where that 1 or 2% goes.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article23061570.html

take in 500,000,000 and build 6 shacks what a crock

And the wounded warrior project scam that they spam us with commercials

http://bulletsfirst.net/2014/12/30/stop-donating-wounded-warrior-project-theyre-fraud/

There are so many more

just because charities are non profit doesn't mean anyone at the top isn't taking a huge chunk.

how else you gonna stay non profit?

helping people??

 

[Newbian]

just because charities are non profit doesn't mean anyone at the top isn't taking a huge chunk.

how else you gonna stay non profit?

helping people??

Reminds me of a lot of those breast cancer charities where they might give around .05 per dollar to the actual issue and they pocket the rest.

 

[rh71]

when i use my own bag, they ask if I want to keep or donate the 5 cents I get for using my own bag

Own bag? When we grocery shop each week, we come back with like 15 shopping bags. How does having only 1 bag work - I've always wondered.

 

[Humpy]

Ugh, the last time I was in a Sears was to buy a mattress, and they tried to do everything on this little handheld gizmo with an iPod Touch in it. So slow, so cumbersome. He had to get my name and address and everything into it to set up the delivery, and it was just excruciating. I asked if it would be faster at a register with a real keyboard, and he said he wasn't allowed. They're required to use this little handheld thing because "that's what the customers are demanding." Yeah... His eyes rolled almost as much as mine when he said it.

Ha! Our microwave broke and for some reason I thought Sears has microwaves! Like it was 1994 and one could just go to Sears, buy a microwave, and leave.

Nope! I get there, see what I want pretty quick, turn around and start eyeballing for employees until one finally walks over, and I tell him I'd like to buy this microwave. Oh boy. He pulls out his tablet and starts fuckin' with it while asking questions. I really didn't know what he was doing so I said no thanks, I'd just like to buy this microwave. Nope! Gotta fuck around with this tablet for a while. After he got done entering all my fake info we ended up at a register anyway and dicked around some more with the credit card transaction and Sears credit card pitch. Great! I'll take the microwave and go now. Nope! You have to go way around the back down a dark hall and try and scan your receipt into a kiosk for a while until it's obvious the thing is broken and then figure out how to enter in the 16 digit receipt number and your name and phone number on a jacked up touch screen and then stand there hoping someone, anyone, will help until they come out, ask to see your receipt and then disappear into the warehouse for 10 minutes until he (she?) finds your microwave and brings it out to you so you can hurl it on the floor as hard as you can and kick the shit out of it in hopes that it will ease your rage just long enough to get out to the car and leave without murdering anyone.