Whole Foods CEO to give up title of chairman

The chief executive of organic supermarket chain Whole Foods Market Inc. is giving up his title of chairman, following years of petitioning by an activist shareholder to separate the two roles.

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Whole Foods launches mobile Web site

Whole Foods Market said Thursday it has launched a mobile Web site designed for people who browse online from their cell phones.

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S&P revises outlook on Whole Foods to stable

Standard & Poor's said Thursday it has revised its outlook on Whole Foods Market Inc. to stable from negative and affirmed its junk rating on the grocer's corporate debt.

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Movers roundup: Whole Foods, Amdocs

Among the stock activity stories for Thursday, Nov. 5, from AP Financial News:

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Whole Foods tumbles as guidance disappoints

Shares of Whole Foods Market Inc. tumbled Thursday after the upscale grocery chain offered a cautious outlook for its new fiscal year.

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Whole Foods profit jumps; outlook weighs on shares

Whole Foods Market Inc. appears to be adjusting to its new economic reality.

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Big employers dip into health care debate

Some companies are advocating for health care reform in the hopes that they can have a say in a plan that would provide them some financial relief, but the strategy carries risks.

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Whole Foods reports 3Q on Tuesday

Investors will be watching Tuesday to see how Whole Foods Market Inc. is faring as the recession drags on.

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Whole Foods 2Q profit falls 32 percent

Whole Foods Market Inc. said Wednesday that its quarterly profit fell 32 percent as shoppers spent conservatively during the recession, but the results narrowly beat Wall Street expectations.

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Whole Foods offers to settle FTC's buyout claims

Whole Foods Market Inc. will sell 13 stores to resolve the Federal Trade Commission's challenge of its $565 million purchase of Wild Oats Markets, the company said Friday.

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FTC seeks halt to Whole Foods and Wild Oats combo

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday asked a federal judge to halt the integration of Wild Oats and Whole Foods Market as part of an ongoing legal battle over the 2007 deal that combined the two natural grocery chains.

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Whole Foods sues FTC, says agency violated rights

Natural grocer Whole Foods filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the Federal Trade Commission, claiming the regulator violated its due process rights in a dispute over its acquisition of rival Wild Oats.

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America’s 10 healthiest supermarkets

Let’s face it: Your weekly (or daily!) run to the grocery store is the foundation for your good health. So it’s thrilling news that the supermarket industry is on a health kick — these days you’ll likely find organic produce and “natural” packaged foods at almost any store. But which chains are outdoing themselves to deliver the freshest and healthiest food? And which provide the best tools to help you make smart choices? Health magazine asked six prominent health experts to help pick the top 10 healthiest grocery stores out of the nation’s largest chains. And surprise: Many are the traditional, affordable grocers close to your home! Here are the winners:

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Whole Foods 3Q misses estimates, lowers outlook

Whole Foods Market Inc. said Tuesday that a tough economy pinched shoppers and pushed its net income down more than 30 percent for the third quarter.

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Whole Foods CEO Attacked Rival Online

The chief executive of Whole Foods Market Inc. wrote anonymous online attacks against a smaller rival and questioned why anyone would buy its stock, before Whole Foods announced an offer to buy the other company this year.

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Whole Foods to Buy Wild Oats for $565M

Whole Foods Market Inc. said Wednesday it will pay $565 million for Wild Oats Markets Inc., a chain of natural and organic food markets in the United States and Canada. Shares of Wild Oats jumped 17 percent in extended trading after the deal was announced.

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Whole Foods Impresses Customers, Investors

Without a hint of pretense, John Mackey recently said this to shareholders of his company, Whole Foods Market Inc.: "There aren't many big corporations that we look at and say we want to be like that when we grow up. I think we are grown up, frankly."

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Not long ago I made one of my periodic forays to Whole Foods, the all-natural-groceries conglomerate. My assignment was to buy a Christmas ham from a pig that had not suffered unduly, and that was relatively free of chemicals and antibiotics.

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The chief executive of organic supermarket chain Whole Foods Market Inc. is giving up his title of chairman, following years of petitioning by an activist shareholder to separate the two roles.

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What an arrogant @!$%# John Mackey is.

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Liberal allies of President Barack Obama aren't just getting mad at conservative attacks on his agenda. They are getting even in a way calculated to hit conservatives where it counts: their pockets.

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John Mackey's essay was first published in the Wall Street Journal, Aug. 11.

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It's likely many of Whold Food's customers take at face value the company's identity as a leader in "socially responsible" business.

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Are You Boycotting Whole Foods?

If you are, I'm hoping someone can explain to me why.

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Lost in the ear-splitting uproar over Whole Foods CEO John Mackey's controversial venture into the health care debate, is a bigger, though less subtle story.

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So Mackey is wrong on health care, but Whole Foods is often right about food, and their support for the farmers matters more to me than the political views of their founder.

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Two unions have now joined in the growing chorus decrying Whole Foods' CEO John Mackey and suggesting a boycott of the store. Two weeks ago, Mackey penned a controversial op-ed in the Wall Street Journal offering the "Whole Foods alternative to ObamaCare."

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The CtW Investment Group called on the Whole Foods Market (NYSE: WFMI) board to remove CEO John Mackey as Chairman and to begin the process of naming a new CEO in a letter to Whole Foods' lead independent director, Dr. John Elstrott, yesterday afternoon.

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Now, make no mistake, this boycott is a colossal flop.

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John Mackey - the founder, CEO and marketing genius behind Whole Foods - finds himself in an organic, unsustainable mess with his carefully cultivated affluent, liberal customer base after penning an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal titled, "The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCa …

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Whole Foods is everything leftists talk about when they talk about "corporate responsibility."

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Mackey's thoughtful article gave eight ideas for health care reform, and is not anywhere near what most rationale people consider provocative or radical.

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Now is the time for all good capitalists to shop at Whole Foods. Not only will you get great produce, fresh meat, fish and healthy to-go meals, but you'll irritate those who think that President Obama's health-care plan isn't quite progressive enough.

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Whole Foods aficionados who assumed the company's management was as crunchy as the brand are feeling betrayed.

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Was Whole Foods truly sustainable, or was it just a high-priced version of the same food one could find in a conventional supermarket?

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Of all the sideshows to the Great 2009 Health Care Debate, the Whole Foods boycott may take the prize as the most unexpected.

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The CEO of Whole Foods has a plan to reform health care. Not by increasing communist-style government control of healthcare OMGWTFBBQ, but instead by taking simple, common sense steps. Mainly, having every retailer on Earth become Whole Foods.

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Joshua has been taking the bus to his local Whole Foods in New York City every five days for the past two years. This week, he said he'll go elsewhere to fulfill his fresh vegetable and organic produce needs.

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Memo to Whole Foods CEO John Mackey: when much of your customer base consists of reusable-bag-using, wheatgrass-munching "progressive" types, it's probably not such a good idea to publish an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal criticizing current health care reform proposals.

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To our customers,

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A sardonic but cogent response to John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, who wraps a very radically libertarian argument in the nice-smelling garb of healthcare reform. Hint: as a recovering libertarian, I assure you that "libertarianism" and "reform" are very mutually exclusive.

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Conservatives Boycott, Too

I've been involved in two of the discussions regarding the remarks by John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods.

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