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Whole Foods has issued a statement in response to a shopper's photo of prepared food sharing an elevator with overflowing trash cans at the Union Square store. Writes the company: "We apologize for the practices being exemplified, as they most certainly are not representative of the high level of attention we give to the quality of our food." Good for them, though we suspect this doesn't bode well for their already-strict anti-photography rules. [Gothamist]