Whole Foods Market, Inc.
News and overview for Whole Foods Market, Inc.
S&P upgrades Whole Foods' outlook to stable - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 20 hours 58 minutes ago
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Whole Foods: Sales have 'turned the corner' - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 20 hours 17 minutes ago
For the quarter ended Sept. 27, net income was $28.7 million, or 20 cents a share. In the year-earlier period, Whole Foods earned $1.5 million or 1 cent a share when it booked a number of charges related to the Wild Oats acquisition and store-lease terminations.
Whole Foods: Sales have 'officially turned corner' - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 21 hours 35 minutes ago
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Whole Foods Market Reports Fourth Quarter Results [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 18 days 15 hours 52 minutes ago
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Critical Alerts for Alcoa, Marathon Oil, Micron Tech, Whole Foods, and Terex Released by Seven Summits Research [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 2 days 22 hours 25 minutes ago
...PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Alcoa, Inc. , Marathon Oil Corporation , Micron Technology Inc. , Whole Foods Market, Inc. , and Terex Corp. . In today's unsure markets...
Stocks in focus for Wednesday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 19 days 17 hours 32 minutes ago
Cisco Systems /quotes/comstock/15*!csco/quotes/nls/csco (CSCO 22.91, -0.09, -0.39%) is forecast to post first-quarter earnings of 31 cents a share.
Whole Foods Market Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 110 days 22 hours 25 minutes ago
...PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whole Foods Market, Inc. today reported results...wholefoodsmarket.com Whole Foods Market, Inc. Consolidated Statements...Whole Foods Market, Inc. Condensed Consolidated...
VitaminSpice, Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Qualsec, Signs Distribution Agreement With CaboChips for West Coast Distribution Into Major Retail Chains [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 18 days 23 hours 56 minutes ago
...reached an agreement with Cabo Foods Inc. in which VitaminSpice's vitamin...spices will be introduced to Cabo Foods' West-coast distribution networks...Albertsons (a SUPERVALU company), Whole Foods Market, Inc. Costco, Henry's Farmers Market...
A&P supermarket CEO resigns; company loss widens - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 3 hours 18 minutes ago
Claus's departure comes as the company reported a wider loss in its fiscal second quarter, hampered by increased unemployment, tougher price competition, and deflation. In a prepared statement, A&P did not explain the reason for his resignation.
Whole Foods Market, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 46 days 23 hours 54 minutes ago
Whole Foods Market, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings...PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whole Foods Market, Inc. today announced that it will...Goldbloom, Shareholder Services of Whole Foods Market,Inc., +1-512-542-0204
New Survey Shows Shoppers Eating More Meals at Home, Cooking Meals to Save Money [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 81 days 6 hours 53 minutes ago
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whole Foods Market(R)
CtW Investment Group Calls for Whole Foods Board to Remove Chair and CEO John Mackey [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 90 days 4 hours 25 minutes ago
...investors. At a time when shareholders are looking for Whole Foods' management to focus on improving operations in...of personal discipline makes him a liability for Whole Foods Market, Inc. Despite past indications that the board needed...
Cisco, THQ, Prudential on late-trading deck - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 23 hours 17 minutes ago
U.S. financial shares rise, with gains concentrated in insurance and asset-management sectors. Bond insurer Ambac, which has had a few near-death experiences, spiked after posting more than $2 billion in profit. Greg Morcroft reports.
Standard & Poor's revises outlook on Whole Foods to stable from negative, affirms ratings
Sun (Baltimore), The | 10 days 19 hours 18 minutes ago
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.
Grocers as a defensive play is smelling ripe MarketWatch First Take - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 33 days 21 hours 57 minutes ago
A year later, some of those defensive moves are turning sour.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Whole Foods Market, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Natural & Specialty Foods Retail |
| Website: | http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com |
With food and other items that are free of pesticides, preservatives, sweeteners, and cruelty, Whole Foods Market knows more about guiltless eating and shopping than most retailers. The world's #1 natural foods chain by far -- now that it has acquired its main rival Wild Oats Markets -- the company operates more than 280 stores in the 38 US states, Canada, and the UK. The stores emphasize perishable products, which account for about two-thirds of sales. Whole Foods Market offers more than 2,150 items in four lines of private-label products (such as the premium Whole Foods line). Founded in Austin, Texas, in 1980, Whole Foods Market pioneered the supermarket concept in natural and organic foods retailing.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 7,953.9 (2008) |
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| One-year % Growth in Sales | 20.7 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 114.5 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | -37.3 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 52,900 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 0.6 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | September |