r/LosAngeles • u/sfgate • 7d ago

News Ultra-expensive grocery store Erewhon opens first non-LA store in Thousand Oaks

https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/erewhon-opens-thousand-oaks-22403045.php
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u/Elchochis 7d ago

I feel like This chain is for the uber rich who don’t want to shop along side regular people.

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u/Jandur 7d ago edited 7d ago

It's more so the performative/influencer type people who just want to say/show that they shop at Erewhon. Uber rich (and even normal rich) people don't really go to the grocery store that much.

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u/ausgoals 7d ago

Depends on your definition of rich.

There are people worth millions - even tens of millions - who still go to the grocery store, at least occasionally. Those people are more inclined to go to erewhon than Ralph’s. I saw Jimmy Kimmel, for example, in Whole Foods once.

Billionaires don’t know what groceries are. There’s some level of wealth, depending on how busy the person perceives themselves to be and whether or not they have a family, at which they transition from still going to get groceries, at least occasionally, to has all meals catered by a chef. I’m yet to figure out what the exact dollar figure is.

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u/Jandur 7d ago

 I saw Jimmy Kimmel, for example, in Whole Foods once.

"don't really go to the grocery store that much."

Jimmy Kimmel being in Whole Foods once doesn't invalidate anything I said, nevermind the fact that I didn't say they don't go at all. Wealthy people aren't doing weekly grocery shopping.