Whole Foods Admits To Selling $6 Asparagus Water By Accident

Whole Foods, which has been roiled with accusations that it grossly overcharged customers in its New York City locations, recently tried selling asparagus stalks in water for $6 a bottle.

When shopper Marielle Wakim, an associate editor at Los Angeles magazine, spotted the water sitting on shelves in a California Whole Foods supermarket, she had to stop to do a double take.

Comparatively, the article factors out, you should purchase a entire bundle of asparagus for a mere $5 (and, don’t overlook, faucet water is principally free).

Social media users were quick to chime in, poking fun at bottles of “asparagus water” ($6!).

After thousands of people took to the Internet to discuss “Asparagus Water(gate)”, Whole Foods addressed the outlandish item.

“Here’s a company trying to promote health and wellness, and you stick a couple of asparagus spears in regular old tap water and charge six bucks for something that really has no nutritional value, no conceptual health benefit at all”, said Dr. Michael Hirt.

“This product was only sold for a brief time at one of our California stores”, Allison Phelps, press officer for Whole Foods Midwest (including Ontario), told the Star in an email.

“It was meant to be water with the essence of vegetables and/or mushrooms, which is typically made over a long period of time soaking in water. It was made incorrectly and has since been removed”, Burkhart said.

I can’t cease laughing at this asparagus water.