Quote Originally Posted by okcpulse
Someone had mentioned on this thread or another that Whole Foods Market would not locate in Oklahoma because state law does not allow wine to be sold retail anywhere other than a liquor store, winery or festival. While this is true, Whole Foods Market does not take into consideration whether their next store will be opened in a state that does not allow wine to be sold in a supermarket.

Whole Foods Market has a location in Overland Park, Kansas and two locations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Kansas and Minnesota, like Oklahoma, only allow 3.2% alcohol by weight beverages in supermarkets and convenience stores.

Thus, if Whole Foods Market will not open a location in Oklahoma, it is because it is not interested in the Oklahoma market, although Oklahoma City can support a Whole Foods Market location, or a Wild Oats, a natural foods market that has snubbed Oklahoma City. Both of my requests for the company to consider an Oklahoma City location went ignored.
Unfortunately, there are many uninformed individuals (many on this BBS) that believe that if wine is available in more places, it will inevitably result in more drunk drivers, etc. Of course, they have absolutely no data to prove that, and to my knowledge no one has even thought it a worthy enough topic to study...

That, however, is the kind of thinking that is keeping this from happening. Uninformed, ignorant thinking.. But it will win the day unfortunately.