{"id":302045,"date":"2026-07-21T18:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/302045\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:51:19","slug":"nyc-whole-foods-draws-fury-for-taylor-farms-50-discount-on-lettuce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/302045\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Whole Foods draws fury for Taylor Farms 50% discount on lettuce"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social media users were aghast to learn that a Whole Foods store appears to be selling Taylor Farms shredded iceberg lettuce at a 50% discount as federal investigators are probing the nasty, diarrhea-causing cyclospora outbreak linked to the company\u2019s Mexican-grown lettuce.<\/a><\/p>\n

The sale was spotted over the weekend at a Manhattan Whole Foods, where the discounted bags were displayed with \u201cEnjoy Today\u201d labels. <\/p>\n

It was unclear whether the discount has been offered throughout the supermarket chain.<\/p>\n

Taylor Farms shredded iceberg lettuce was spotted marked down 50% at a Whole Foods store in New York City. Taylor Farms<\/p>\n

The discounted product, a photo of which was posted to Bluesky<\/a> by journalist Jon Christian, did not appear to be part of a recent recall of tainted products.<\/p>\n

\u201c[W]ow at this incredible deal,\u201d he sarcastically captioned the pic on Sunday.<\/p>\n

A Whole Foods representative told the news site Futurism the lettuce sold at the New York City store was sourced from the US rather than Mexico<\/a> and said the grocery chain does not carry any of the recalled products.<\/p>\n

The markdown sparked a wave of ridicule and scorn on social media, where users questioned why any Taylor Farms shredded iceberg lettuce was still on store shelves amid the federal investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cost is on the back end,\u201d one person quipped<\/a>, while another dubbed the sale<\/a> \u201chalf the price, all the diarrhea.\u201d Others joked the lettuce had been \u201crebranded as organic laxatives\u201d or was simply a \u201cweight loss salad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not everyone was laughing.<\/p>\n

Some Whole Foods shoppers found Taylor Farms shredded iceberg lettuce marked down by half, even as federal officials continue investigating a cyclospora outbreak tied to Mexican-grown iceberg lettuce. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re seriously not pulling that off the shelf \u2026 for SHAME,\u201d one commenter wrote, while another asked, \u201cShouldn\u2019t this have been pulled from the shelves?\u201d<\/p>\n

Others questioned why the product was still being sold at all.<\/p>\n

The sale comes as consumers struggle to determine which lettuce is safe to eat<\/a> after federal investigators linked a multistate cyclospora outbreak to shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms de Mexico.<\/p>\n

Taylor Farms has voluntarily recalled iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico, emphasizing that none of its branded salad kits or packaged salads are associated with the outbreak.<\/p>\n

Taylor Farms has voluntarily recalled iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico, emphasizing that none of its branded salad kits or packaged salads are associated with the outbreak. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed 1,645 domestically acquired cases of cyclosporiasis across 34 states between May 1 and July 15, with 141 hospitalizations and no deaths reported.<\/p>\n

Federal officials are also reviewing more than 5,100 additional reports to determine whether they qualify as domestically acquired infections, suggesting the number of confirmed cases is likely to increase.<\/p>\n

The outbreak has largely centered on Taco Bell restaurants in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Federal investigators determined that shredded iceberg lettuce was the common ingredient among many sick customers. The FDA honed in on shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico specifically.<\/p>\n

It is unclear if the 50% discount applies to all Taylor Farms lettuce products throughout the Whole Foods chain. LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n

In Michigan, about 90% of Taco Bell customers interviewed after becoming ill reported eating iceberg lettuce, according to the FDA.<\/p>\n

Taylor Farms has stressed that the evidence linking its product to the outbreak is based on a \u201ctraceback\u201d investigation<\/a>, which traces food along supply chains, rather than a contaminated product sample.<\/p>\n

The FDA previously determined that a lettuce sample initially believed to contain the parasite was a false alarm, but said investigators still believe the outbreak is linked to Taylor Farms\u2019 Mexican-grown shredded iceberg lettuce.<\/p>\n

The Post has sought comment from Whole Foods and Taylor Farms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Social media users were aghast to learn that a Whole Foods store appears to be selling Taylor Farms…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[288,9,56,63,65,64,20533,114506],"class_list":["post-302045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-business","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-whole-foods","tag-whole-foods-market"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}