By Tim Redmond
…. is that even chain stores like Whole Foods, which a lot of people don’t think of in the same way they think of Home Depot and Starbucks, can spell the death of locally owned, independent businesses. I love Drewes Brothers meats on Church St. The people who work there are friendly and informative, and it feels like a real butcher shop. It’s also been there about 100 years.
And now, thanks to Whole Foods, it’s in serious trouble.
Which means all the money that once went to a local, independent store is now going to get sucked out of town every night and off to Whole Foods HQ in Austin, Texas.
Places like Whole Foods come and go, but when you lose a Drewes Bros, it’s gone forever — and so is part of San Francisco.