Wheatsville Drops Eden Foods
Co-op members vote two-to-one
By Brandon Watson, 5:01PM, Fri. Nov. 14, 2014
Today Wheatsville Co-op announced that its membership had voted to remove Eden Foods products from its shelves. The packaged organic giant was among the companies calling for an end to Obamacare's contraception mandate.
The grocery issued the following statement on its website:
"We know that some of our customers have been enjoying Eden Foods products for years and will be disappointed to learn that we will no longer stock that brand. As a cooperatively owned retail grocery, we abide by the rules mutually agreed upon in our bylaws and the collective decision reached by our owners. We appreciate the effort and time it took members of the co-op to bring this issue to a vote and are very proud of the cooperative and democratic process used to make the final decision."
The final totals had 65% for the ban, 35% against.
Read more of the Chronicle's decades of reproductive rights reporting here.
A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands.
Brandon Watson, Sept. 23, 2014
Brandon Watson, Aug. 19, 2014
Sept. 15, 2017
Wheatsville Co-op, Eden Foods, reproductive rights, abortion rights, Hobby Lobby
