Carol C, not Whole Foods - an eastern Canadian chain, which employs a significant number of my relatives. The company has an odd mix of progressive and regressive policies. They are very good to employees in terms of sick leave, accommodating disabilities, gradually bringing people back to work as they recover from illnesses or surgeries, and encouraging young people to get educated by guaranteeing holiday/summer work, once they've worked there. On the other hand, they have the bag issue, employees can be fired for serving relatives at checkouts or counters, and so on.

But that's off topic, sorry guys.

Except... all of us could stand to use less plastic. I think bottled water is one of the most wasteful inventions in recent years. Yes, they are returnable, yes they can be reused by the purchaser, but there are so many of them, and likely half end up, if not out in the ocean, at least littering the landscape. I certainly see enough of them washed up along the coast here. Not to mention, most of it is just tap water, basically.