Whole Foods with Fran Gillespie

"Whole Foods with Fran Gillespie" is Episode 259 of *Doughboys*, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Whole Foods with Fran Gillespie" was released on July 9, 2020.

## Synopsis

**Grocery Store Month** continues as Fran Gillespie (*Big Mouth*, *SNL*) returns, and helps the 'boys review Austin-founded Whole Foods. Plus, another edition of The Leftovers.

## Nick's intro

"*After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion and I'm proud of that choice.*"

This was Jeff Bezos on the 1995 founding of Amazon.com, a bookseller in the then-uncharted territory of online retail. In his self-mythologizing, Bezos' path from a one-man start-up to the wealthiest human in world history was due to his own ingenuity and scrappy hard work. In the early years, operating out of his garage, Bezos would drive orders to the post office himself. But the cueball billionaire's "less safe path" omits a key detail: a $240,000 loan from his parents that made his passion possible.

As online retail became commonplace, Bezos' garage-founded virtual shop grew beyond books to become an all-encompassing internet department store and expanded its business to include content streaming and its biggest revenue generators, web services and cloud computing.

In June of 2017, Bezos' now-megacorp, seeking a foothold for its burgeoning grocery-delivery service, Amazon Fresh, acquired an Austin-based, high-end, organic supermarket chain founded in 1978 as SaferWay Natural Foods. And so the world's largest online retailer became a major player in the supermarket sector.

Today, on the broken backs of his workers in warehouses and vans, and now grocery stores, who skip bathroom breaks or brave COVID to meet unreasonable quotas, Bezos is a billionaire many times over with enough wealth to solve multiple world crises singlehandedly and still afford his vanity space program.

But like countless other so-called "self-made men," his empire is built atop a pile of cash gifted by his affluent parents.

This week on *Doughboys*, our month-long review of supermarket eats, **Friendly Green Grocer Mitch's Grocery Store Month**, continues with Whole Foods.

## Friendly Green Grocer Mitch's Grocery Store Month

For this month-long look at grocery stores, The Doughboys take these aspects into consideration:

1. How's it looking? (overall impression/name/mascot/etc.)
2. Parking
3. Produce
4. Original Snacks
5. Frozen Snacks
6. Room Temperature Snacks
7. Check-out
8. Hoity-Toityness
9. Bagging and carts
10. Price

The scoring is not the usual five forks, but out of ten carts. A basket is half a cart.

An average of 8/10 will get into the Green Grocer Mitch's Freezer Club (the equivalent of the Golden Plate Club).

## Cart rating

* Detroit-Style Pizza
* Chicken Pad Thai with Rice Noodles
* Macaroni & Cheese Bites
* Sour Cream and Cheddar Ripple Potato Chips
* Cape Cod Trail Mix
* EuroClassic Belgian Sweet Waffle
* Coffee & Donut Ice Cream
 Mike Mitchell
* Burrito
	+ Spanish Rice, Carne Asada, Black Beans
	+ Red Sauce, Sour Cream, Jalapenos
* slice of Oreo Cake
* Sliced Pineapple Core
* Waterloo Black Cherry Sparkling Water
* Smoked Mozzarella Pasta Salad
* Roast Beef & Horseradish sandwich
* Everything Pastry Mini Uncured Hot Dogs
* Brie Bites with Mostarda
* Strawberry Fruit Bars
* Chicken Chile Verde Burrito
* Health-Ade Blood Orange/Carrot/Ginger Kombucha
* Sea Salt & Vinegar Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
* Cheese Curls
 Fran Gillespie
* Bean & Cheese Burrito
* Rising Crust Pizza
* shrimp
* Potato & Pea Samosas
* Caramel & Sea Salt Italian Gelato
* Fruit Tart
* Chips
* Hummus
* Gnocchi

To convert this to Forks for comparison purposes, Whole Foods averages 3.67 out of 10 carts, so 1.83 out of 5 forks.

## The Leftovers

In The Leftovers, The Doughboys try a food that has been left in the fridge overnight.

For this episode, they try 7-Eleven's Big Bite Hot Dog, since Fran is a big fan of 7-Eleven.

They then decide if it is Justin Therouxed away, or if it ascends to heaven.

Everyone was revolted. "That was the worst thing I've ever eaten on the show," Mitch adds.

Mitch and Fran also try 7-Eleven's Go-Go Taquitos, which were also gross.

 Mike Mitchell
 Fran Gillespie

## Quotes

**Fran**: I know. When I like put the whole thing in my mouth I was like 'ok, but when's it going to squirt?'

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* 262. Kroger
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* 80. Hooters (The Leftovers)
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## Photos (via @doughboyspod)

Organic Kale Caesar Salad KitOrganic Kale Caesar SaladDetroit-Style PizzaCheddar & Sour Cream Rippled Potato ChipsEuroClassic Belgian Sweet WaffleEuroClassic Belgian Sweet WaffleCoffee & Donut Ice CreamCoffee & Donut Ice CreamMacaroni & Cheese Small BitesMacaroni & Cheese Small BitesChicken Pad Thai with Rice NoodlesCheese Pizzaburrito and Waterloo Black Cherry Sparkling WaterRoast Beef and Horseradish SandwichSliced Pineapple CoreCheese CurlsKettle Cooked Sea Salt & Vinegar Potato ChipsHealth-Ade Blood Orange/Carrot/Ginger KombuchaOreo Cake