Comments on: Rumor of a Decatur Location as First Atlanta Sprouts Farmer’s Market Locations are Announced

By: AMB

AMB — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:46:43 +0000

Yes but that project is a Fuqua development.

By: 2,000 YO Man

2,000 YO Man — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:21:47 +0000

I thought Sprouts was previously mentioned with the redevelopment of the church site on N. Decatur, between Scott and Church? Is that project still on?

By: brianc

brianc — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:43:22 +0000

They also will not allow volunteer organizations to approach, through YDFM, their employees for the purposes of, for example, offering English classes. Or so I’ve been told.

By: Iteral, not literal

Iteral, not literal — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:38:53 +0000

You can find what I think is a very even handed article that Thomas Wheatley did for Creative Loafing in 2012. The owner does not offer healthcare for employees – it would not be a stretch to say that almost all of the women who work there must receive public assistance during pregnancy and childbirth, that their children are on PeachCare until the age of 18.
While not covered in that article, I don’t believe, Mr. Blazer has also reportedly said he would rather pay the penalty than offer insurance under the ACA.
So I feel that I am subsidizing his profit margin as a DeKalb county, and state of Georgia, citizen even when I don’t shop there.

By: Upatoi Boy

Upatoi Boy — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:12:20 +0000

I’m not sure I know the facts behind this statement. I shop at YDFM because they have good produce at at good price. If there are fair wages issues I would sure like to know and that would affect my shopping habits. Can you add background here?