Article: Mackey unplugged Whole Foods CEO detests spotlight, but now can't avoid it.(Business)

Article: Wild Oats-Whole Foods deal delayed.
Daily Camera (Boulder, CO);  May 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... about the Whole Foods and Wild Oats merger -- which ... and 2 natural food store chains ... 106 million of Wild Oats' debt. Wild Oats, formed in 1987, runs 110 natural food stores nationwide ... billion. Whole Foods, started in 1980 ...

Article: Wild Oats stores in Boulder to remain, Whole ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  August 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... natural- and organic- foods market." The Wild Oats flagship store in ... same time, "Whole Foods is very clearly destroying the Wild Oats brand, which is smart ... Texas. While Whole Foods retained all of the Wild Oats stores in Boulder ...

Article: Jeffco Wild Oats market will close Whole ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  September 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... University Boulevard Wild Oats market. Whole Foods is in no hurry to ... Mission, Kan. In Wild Oats' hometown of Boulder, Whole Foods is keeping all the ... area between the six Wild Oats and four existing Whole Foods. The company, which ...

Article: Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats Markets ...
Business Wire;  June 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... United Kingdom. About Wild Oats Markets Wild Oats Markets, Inc. is a ... of natural and organic foods markets in the U.S ... billion in annual sales, Wild Oats currently operates 109 natural food stores in 23 states and ...

Article: Whole Foods buys competitor Wild ...
Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM);  February 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... foods. Whole Foods, based in Austin ... the smaller Wild Oats chain, based ... and organic food stores in the ... and organic food products. Whole Foods founder and ... statement about the Wild Oats purchase ... of organic food) has led to ...

Article: FTC blocking whole foods/ wild oats ...
The Food Institute Report;  June 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... items, and prepared foods--and the wide array ... grocery stores. Whole Foods' and Wild Oats' customers are buying ... something more than just the food product--they are ... the transaction, Whole Foods would acquire its closest ...

Article: 'Eliminating' Wild Oats: Whole Foods CEO's ...
Daily Camera (Boulder, CO);  June 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Boulder-based Wild Oats Markets by Whole Foods. The comments ... reasons. Buying Wild Oats "will greatly ... natural/organic food chain to rival ... Eliminating (Wild Oats) means eliminating ... portray Whole Foods (and especially ...