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Me: When are you going to get the Uncle Eddie’s Vegan Cookies in stock again?

WF Bakery Employee: Those are going to grocery. Check with grocery.

2 weeks later

Me: (to WF grocery employee): Do you have any of the Uncle Eddie’s Vegan Cookies in stock?

WF Grocery Employee: Those are in our bakery.

Me to WF Bakery Employee: Grocery told me you were carrying them.

WF Bakery Employee: Actually no, they’re being moved to grocery.

2 weeks later

Me: (bringing this up to Grocery Employee with quote from Bakery Employee)

WF Grocery Employee: Actually, we’re going to have those. But we aren’t able to find a distributor to order from yet.

2 weeks later

Me: (blah, blah, you know the question by now)

WF Grocery Employee:  They’re not in our system to order. But they’ll be in our system as of (insert date of choice). I know as a fact we’ll be able to order them on (insert date of choice). So check back on (insert date of choice) and we should be able to order them.

2 weeks later and eagerly excited. We have a distributor. We have them in the system. Could we have a winner?

Me: Do you have the Uncle Eddie’s cookies in yet?

WF Grocery Employee: I think I saw an invoice for those. Hold on. (Instrumental 80s music plays). No, I’m sorry we don’t have those. You’ll have to check back.

At any rate, this has been going on for several months and while I could give you every scenario that’s taken place, I firmly believe that repetition is good for learning, bad for entertaining your readers. The last answer I received gave the solution to go to the Whole Foods in an adjacent town, that I’ll admit is not so distant, but still distant enough, where Uncle Eddie’s have been sighted. (I called to confirm the speculation and yes, the-not-so-distant-but-still-distant-Whole Foods carries Uncle Eddie’s now.) Sigh…What do you have to do to get your vegan peanut butter chocolate chip fix these days? (Shown above is indeed my favorite, along with a tall glass of Silk Vanilla Soy Milk.)

Quite possibly, the best vegan cookies made, both myself and other known vegans have experimented and concluded there are no other vegan cookies that come close in taste. One bite and you’ll wonder why anyone ever needed butter, milk or eggs to make cookies. If you’re not careful, it will break in your hand as they are so soft and moist. The quote on their website from L.A. Times says it best, ”Uncle Eddie’s puts its competition, vegan or non vegan to shame!” More on the different flavors of Uncle Eddie’s, where you can get them besides Whole Foods after the break… 

Since traveling to the town next door isn’t my favorite option, I’ve had great success ordering them online here.  You’ve got a nice variety to choose from: Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip, Trail Mix, Walnut Chocolate Chip, Molasses, and Cocoa Spice and Everything Nice (as opposed to the non vegan cookies full of snakes and snails and puppy dog tails). When I ordered them from the place where I don’t have to leave my home to get them, I found out I had to order them in bags of 4. Not a problem price wise, but a willpower one when you have 4 bags of the greatest vegan cookies on earth sitting in your cabinet. My only solution is to share them. Spread the word. Proselytize. Feed the hungry (but not your non-human animals as chocolate is dangerous for both cats and dogs). Subdue the children without high fat, high sugar treats. Put all the other vegan and non-vegan cookies to shame. And keep hounding the Whole Foods in your town until the necessary changes take place.

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