I had that same experience at CM, and wondered about it myself. I found the hot/salad bar completely unappealing, and the prices of many items much higher than I'm used to paying.
Then later I read that a food bank barrel had no donations after more than a week, so an employee put some items in, so it wouldn't look bad. I don't know if that's gotten better, or if the food bank has given up on CM shoppers.
These are the some of the details that measure our community values.