Damir B.
I feel as though I am being racially profiled as a young black man
Address: 2101 Pennsylvania Ave, Philly Center City, Philadelphia, PA 19130-3896 and I feel very uncomfortable and disrespected when I've been a customer at this location for well over five years spending thousands of dollars of my hard earned money even before Amazon bought it out and made all of the changes... and it seems as though it's just getting worse. On multiple occasions I've been followed around the store and in the parking lot in a way they try to make it unnoticeable for no good reason. I've spent well over $10,000 there, yet they have undercover security guards stopping me in the middle of my shopping experiences to ask if I'm walking to the register when that is none of their business. Even jetting into the restroom to catch me walking out talking on my cellphone which literally happened yesterday(1/18/2022) and was essentially the only reason I stopped at Whole Foods at the time. In-between my deliveries on the Uber Eats app I parked my car in the parking lot, and went directly to the restroom and to my surprise I see a security guard acting as if he was checking the restroom as I was leaving out. I am so tired and furious of this and I want them to take action for how they make people of color feel when we are at the location. It's putting me in a position where I want to stop spending my money there and take further action. Let's not forget to mention yesterday(1/18/2022) I was informed they have done this to multiple people of color I know. One of them being a wealthy inspirational influencer that caught the attention of Whole Foods owner Jeff Bezos who traveled to this specific location to have a talk with the management and employees about the incident after a social media post was made. I use to enjoy stopping by and grabbing lunch and snacks sitting down and taking breaks here when I spent time training at the skatepark across the street, but now I have this grudge towards this specific location because I always feel like I'm being watched, followed, or crept up on and I really do not want to go back.

