Whole Foods OR 99 Cents Store? Taste Test

Can we tell the difference between Whole Foods and 99 Cent Store? Let's talk about that. (music plays) Good morning mythical! Today I'm going to guess the popularity of some of the dumbest celebrity tweets of all time and watch Rhett eat an entire can of beans. Hey. But first, Whole Foods is a great place to shop for groceries if you want to shop farm-to-table, but given their prices, it also means you'll be living paycheck to paycheck. -UH Huh. They pride themselves on having healthy, organic

foods

. They have vegan food, they have gluten-free food, they have dairy-free food, they have non-GMO food.

And the 99 Cent

store

... has food for 99

cents

. But can anyone really tell the difference? It's time to... (howls) That's how it works. We will be presented with two identical meals that we are going to try. One dish is prepared entirely with ingredients from Whole Foods, the other with ingredients purchased entirely from the 99 Cent Store. We have to decide which is which by placing the flags... - Yes. - ...on them. And whoever has the most rights at the end wins a very special gift from the 99 Cent

store

. Let's do it. These Cobb salads in front of us now look virtually identical.

I mean, at first glance. But one of them costs just under three dollars and the other just under nine dollars, so there's a six dollar difference here that my naked eye doesn't tell me. The one at Whole Foods is more expensive. Yeah. Uh, now, normally, when I eat a Cobb salad, which I order quite a bit, I make the old mix, but I feel like that will make me not be able to

taste

it as well. I'm just going to grab a few ingredients here. A little bit of blue cheese because I don't love it, but I need a little sauce, a little dressing.

Throw that in there. That was good. I think it's the ham that will help me. Does the ham help? The ham. You want some help with the ham. You put ham... you have stained the blue cheese on this side with the ham. Hmm. I feel like the dish in front of you, the bacon, was better. The ham... let me see a little more of that ham. Both are really good. I mean, from the beginning... There's no difference. It's been a while since I've been to the 99 Cent store and I didn't know they added products to the list, but it's working out well.

This is hard. Ultimately, I'll go with Whole Foods because the bacon

taste

d a little better. You don't agree with me. I don't agree with you because I feel like the overall look... Everything seems a little fresher and a little newer on this side. - Link: Mm-hm. - Stevie: Okay, guys. The Whole Foods plate is on Rhett's side. - Oh! You're right, Link. - I was right. Well, to clarify, this is not like a store-bought frozen burrito. Tess made them with ingredients from these places. So they look exactly the same. One of them costs two dollars, just below, and the other costs $5.70.

So we're talking about a 3.70 difference here. Shall we go with this one first? - Man... - And I think... - ...it looks so tasty. - It seems... I like a good breakfast burrito. Do you want sauce? Because if I make sauce and you don't make sauce and we drink, we'll both get sauce. - I'm making sauce. So if we both make salsa and then have dinner, we both eat salsa. - Alright. - Oh, well, then go... go... Okay. I can give you sauce through a drink, or we can just... Put ham in the sauce and then drink it.

Yes, and then smash it. You don't have enough sauce. I'll give you a little more. - Well? Well? - That should be good. - Get my own damn sauce. - Oh, God, we shouldn't have done that. Well. - Man... - Good morning. - That's good. - I have to avoid eating all of this immediately. MMM. Grab one of these. Do you want to do the same? No, let's do it the old fashioned way. I'm going to take all the sauce. Every man should have his own sauce. Now... I don't mean to help you here, but I think it's the sauce that will help us figure this out because the sauce is something prepared, or did you make it from scratch?

No, the sauce is not made from scratch. - That's all I'm going to tell you. - The sauce is also bought - in the store. - (Stevie laughs) - Hm. - MMM. This is a thicker and spicier sauce. The burrito tastes the same. What's my burrito? Because I have to go back to doing second shifts. That. Wow. I just like to eat. I remember it every time I eat. I remember how much I like to eat when I eat. Yes, at least three times a day. Um, I have a suspicion that this one here in front of me is from Whole Foods.

Man, you know what, Link? I'm seeing things differently than you today. $3.70... - You were right last time. - ...difference. I just... enjoy this one more, so I guess it's the most expensive one. Well, the Whole Foods plate is on Link's side. Oh! You're on a roll, Link! Now, I'm not happy to lose, but I'm happy to know that the 99 Cent store is bringing the damn heat. I mean, how are they doing this? Well, you also get someone who knows what he's doing to prepare it. So if you are bad at doing things, both will be equally bad.

Oops. Model. Little rice. - MMM. - That tastes good. - Huh. It tastes good to me. - It doesn't taste very good. I'm trying to get the same proportions of everything. Basically the same bite. OMG, I'm having trouble recreating that bite. Make sure you get some chicken. Oh, I'm going to buy chicken. That chicken is good. - Wow. -There's something a little weird about that. For me, it all comes down to the sauce, and I think this sauce is a little better, a little more expensive. We're talking about 2.50 vs. $6, so there's not a huge difference here, but I still realize this is Whole Foods in front of me.

That's what I'm saying. - Did you know? - What do you think? I feel different. I mean, this has always been wrong. Stay with that. But I'm going to move on. Yes. Very good, Stevie. The Whole Foods plate is on Rhett's side. Oh. So did I do it right? You did it well. One of these sandwiches is 70

cents

, 70 cents in ingredients, the other is $3.60. Hey. I'm making observations about bread. I'm making observations about ham. This bread is tighter, tighter... it's tight... you know, less bu... Um, big bubbles, but which one is worse? - And that ham... - Who knows?

This ham is a little more marbled. That ham seems a little more unison... uniform. I like the way you arranged both sandwiches. Thanks, cook. This is like my school lunch coming back to me, like paper, a paper bag. - I had many of these. - Man, it's so uniform. - Bite right in the middle. Did it get a little on my face? - No. Yes. - Neither do you. - You did it. - (laughs) Well, there's that one. Here you have. Grab one of these. Actually, bite that one again. Are you giving it to me or are you... giving it to yourself? - I'll take mine. - Well. (mocking) "I'll take mine." - I take my own sandwich. - Okay, here we go.

This time I'm going around the corner. - Hmm. - That right there. This is a better sandwich. I do not know why. I can't tell you why. It's a better sandwich. I think cheese is better. I'll have to agree with you on this, Link. We're finally aligned, which means we're probably both wrong. Steve? And you are both wrong. The Whole Foods plate is on Rhett's side. - Actually? - That? 70 cent sandwich. No... Don't pay more for a ham sandwich! One of these made-from-scratch clam chowder bowls costs $20. Damn, Whole Foods. And the other one costs almost seven dollars.

This is a $13 discrepancy here. This should be obvious. You would think. But until now it has not been like that. And they don't look different. Did you know? You could serve this to the queen. You know what I'm talking? - That's a good show. - Is she coming? Those Brits like that sort of thing, serving cheap food to the queen. They would love that. They'd put it on the BBC and the next thing you know we'd want one. "The queen eats 99 cent food." Every time they put something on the BBC, we must publish it too. There is nothing to complain about.

But is there anything to talk about? It doesn't taste like a $20 bowl of soup. No. Maybe this one would. Are you using the same spoon? Or I'm sorry. Did I double dip? I have a different spoon for sanitary reasons. Thanks for not getting it wet twice. ...and also to help me guess. But I guess you're not respecting that rule. Oh, God, I'm going to have to make the... I'm making the big move. This is hard. At first it doesn't taste any different, and then it tastes a little different. Man, right now I feel like he's flipping a coin.

I think one tastes better for reasons that make it cheaper. - Link-- - I believe in the 99 Cent store. Me too. The queen would never know. But I just... I have a feeling, I have a feeling. Steve. Well, the Whole Foods plate is on Link's side. I made a mistake. Well, make a wish. We have to put an end to these things. Should we sing first? - ♪ Happy birth-- ♪ - ♪ First ♪ (laughs) Is that what you meant? Oh, what... what a soft blow. I'm trying not to spit in the cake. I respect that. I respect that. Now, from the beginning...

I have... I have to wish. Oh. Should I have wished it before blowing? - Yes. - I ruined it, it's okay. I wish I had won, but I can't now. Because I'm very depressed. The sprinklers here are much bigger than these. - Yeah, uh... - I said "sprinklers." Who cares? Now, you must ask yourself: which is the cheapest sprinkle? Know? Is it bigger and brighter? This feels a little froufrou, like the people at Whole Foods are saying, "We can't make the sprinkles big and really bright." - This is more refined. - "Oh!" However, there is almost a $20 difference here. - So one of these... - Yes, 20...

One of them costs $28 and the other costs 7.41. Um...we have to try it. It's just not about staring at sparks all day. Do you start here? How are we going to do this? You know, the way I always eat cake. You just stick a fork in it and start eating. Oh, that's a thick cake. That's a sign. It is not like this? Isn't that a sign? It's a tough... it was a tough cake to tackle. - Oh my God. - Here you have. (hoarse voice) Here you go. Um... Huh. Hmm. The sparks are... it's like eating dirt.

It's very sandy. Yes, it's like you drop the cake in the sand. - Yes. - "Eat it, kids! We didn't come here to celebrate your damn seven-year-old party..." "So that you refuse to eat your cake." "So you can drop the damn... You dropped it in the sand and you eat it!" This was my seventh birthday. I'm still recovering. Oh, much softer. But is soft better? That is the question. - Ah, how easy. - Earthquake. It's very easy to get into this cake. - Oh. - That's... It's a totally different thing. It's like angel food cake. Mm, it's better too. - Hmm. - This is like at my eighth birthday party where I didn't drop the cake.

MMM. Whole Foods doesn't know anything about candy. You can't make something unhealthy, healthy, organic or expensive and have it be better. You know what, Link? I'm pretty sure you're right, but just so I can clarify a point or dig deeper into the hole, I'll be different. - So you think this could be Whole Foods. - Well. Alright. Whole Foods pie is on Link's side. Yeah! Yeah! Congratulations, Link. You can have all that cake. - I'll have this one. - I don't want it, but I won a special prize from the 99 Cent store. "Not my day"-- "Poop emoji Not my day." Congratulations to Link and congratulations to the damn 99 Cent store.

Do all your shopping there. He is not a sponsor. We simply love them. These poop emojis actually taste like cola. - I a m a little disappointed. - I'm sorry. Next, you've never seen someone eat a can of beans like this before. It's me. I'm eating the beans. Link: It's Monday and you know what that means: a new episode of our "Ear Biscuits" podcast is available on Apple Podcast or wherever you get podcasts.