Whole Foods is having its own peas-in-guacamole moment.
On Thursday, the grocery chain suggested an addition to traditional collard greens that has the Internet up in arms: peanuts.
If you're not cooking with these greens, you need to be! How to cook collards: https://t.co/2lk2bMnKdS #HealthYeah pic.twitter.com/YqBPXg3uus— Whole Foods Market (@WholeFoods) January 14, 2016
Their baffling suggestion was met with confusion and flat-out rejection on Twitter:
.@WholeFoods pic.twitter.com/neYVNq6lCr— Victoria M. Walker (@VikkieNotVicky) January 14, 2016
@WholeFoods pic.twitter.com/VbLEK6TCwS— Warlock of Eastwick (@wondermann5) January 14, 2016
Man, foh @WholeFoods pic.twitter.com/s1lFRT5yN3— Queen Midas (@intrepid_heroin) January 14, 2016
@WholeFoods pic.twitter.com/S28APa08xA— Addaperle (@LaVidaDeChels) January 14, 2016
.@WholeFoods pic.twitter.com/1crBMDtz1y— Nathalie Baptiste (@nhbaptiste) January 14, 2016
@WholeFoods bye. pic.twitter.com/dkqZt4SiuL— Ernst Stavro Blofeld (@_M_Pulse) January 14, 2016
@WholeFoods pic.twitter.com/hVr7RgkHmb— Breanne Gilliam (@BreezyBreee3) January 14, 2016
Whole Foods has since acknowledged the lapse in judgement:
@KelleyLCarter We see now the error in our ways. #noted pic.twitter.com/rk8PHiM1dR— Whole Foods Market (@WholeFoods) January 14, 2016
The @WholeFoods equivalent of @nytimes peas in guacamole kerfuffle. Read the replies. #foodiscultural https://t.co/qHWIB7qnKb— Andrea L. Guzman (@TeachGuz) January 14, 2016