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Organic herbs and spices, natural and Organic foods, cruelty-free body care products, natural vitamins and supplements and Homeopathic remedies.
Construction ManagerAaron Webb
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores: 445110
Recent Events
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Organic items costly as farmers battle expenses
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Whole Foods Launches iPhone Application
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Costco Dumps Foie Gras Cruelty
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BRIEF-Goldman Sachs downgrades United Natural Foods
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Whole Foods Profit Falls 32%
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Sunflower Farmers Market ‘seeds’ New Mexico
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Zevia inks deal with Whole Foods
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Glimpse" Intuitive Skin Care: Helping Create a New Green Standard in Personal Care
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Dividend.com: Charitable Citi
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The Am Law Litigation Daily: March 9, 2009
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New game, same old rules: Content authors responsible for their own privacy
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FTC Wants Whole Foods To Revive Former Wild Oats Stores
News & Analysis
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Whole Foods Suffers as Organic Gains Skid
BNET
- 2009-04-27
The earnings decline at least represented the reversal of a trend, as in the previous quarter, earnings per share were down 95.8 percent. by Mike Duff
Kroger Promotion Shows Reusable Bags are Edging Into Mainstream
BNET
- 2009-04-09
Kroger is asking customers to design their own reusable shopping bags. Those who enter get a free bag, and the winning entries decided by user votes on the website Kroger has set up for the promotion will get up to $1,000 in free groceries. The move underscores...
Whole Foods Settles Suit, Retailing Sighs with Relief
BNET
- 2009-03-06
Whole Foods' settlement of the Federal Trade Commission anti-trust suit over its acquisition of the Wild Oats chain will be a relief to the entire retail industry, which has been concerned about just what the FTC was up to during then entire case. To settle with the...
Food Roundup: Portion Sizes Up, Milk Prices Down, Whole Foods Surprises, and More
BNET
- 2009-02-19
Joy of Cooking portion sizes have grown -- Professor and food author Brian Wansink has found that portion sizes in the cookbook Joy of Cooking have gone up by 35 percent over the years. Other research shows portion sizes began to increase dramatically in the early 1980s, corresponding with the...
Employees & Executives Alike Feel the Hunger at Whole Foods
BNET
- 2009-01-27
Whole Foods Market is that rare, publicly traded company that actually does align the interests of its management team with those of its workers and stockholders. In fiscal 2008, the natural foods and organic grocery chain's compensation and benefits program continued to reflect the company’s philosophy of egalitarianism. Cash compensation...
Food Roundup: Whole Foods' Setback, Tropicana's Carbon Footprint, and More
BNET
- 2009-01-23
Whole Foods motion denied -- A Washington D.C. appeals court denied a motion by Whole Foods against the Federal Trade Commission over challenges to the chain's acquisition of Wild Oats. The FTC is investigating a year after Whole Foods' purchase, when many stores have already switched over. An attorney for...
Food Roundup: Kraft and P&G Settlement, Farm Worker Visa Rules, Whole Foods Complaint, and More
BNET
- 2009-01-16
Kraft and P&G settle -- Kraft and Proctor & Gamble announced that they have settled their ongoing series of patent infringement lawsuits and counter-lawsuits. The battle started when P&G accused Kraft's Maxwell House of copying its Folgers coffee containers. The details of the settlement were not made public. [Source: AP]...
Food Roundup: Whole Foods Stung by Rivals, Cargill Profits Up, Aldi Pushes into U.S., and More
BNET
- 2009-01-13
Whole Foods Says Rivals Won't Help It in FTC Fight -- It's a real pain when your competitors just won't come across with their private financial data. Whole Foods has been asking for just that from 93 rivals as the troubled natural-foods grocer fights the Federal Trade Commission's attempts to...
Food Roundup: FTC Wants to Block Whole Foods Merger, Peanut Butter Blamed in Outbreak, and More
BNET
- 2009-01-12
FTC Wants to 'Halt' Whole Foods-Wild Oats Merger Incredibly, the Federal Trade Commission is pressing ahead with its move to "halt" the merger between the two natural-foods grocers, despite the fact that the deal was made last year and the companies have been pretty much fully integrated. ...
Reality Moots Struggle Between FTC, Whole Foods
BNET
- 2008-12-31
Whole Foods and the United States Federal Trade Commission are back in court again, but their whole anti-trust struggle seems increasingly pointless. In the current phase of the anti-trust case, Whole Foods is trying to prevent the FTC from holding an administrative trial over its acquisition of...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Aaron Webb | Construction Manager |
| Amy Eller | Marketing Team Leader |
| Kit Holmes | Engineer |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Stephanie Kugelman | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Workman Commercial Construction Services, Ltd. | Aaron Webb, Austin Division Vice President | Current |
| Whole Foods | Construction Manager | Current |
Amy Eller---Amy is serving her second year on the Board. She is the marketing team leader for Whole Foods in Durham and previously worked in the world of non-profit communications. She has been involved in the mission of this organization for many years and formerly served on the staff of APS, first as volunteer coordinator and then public relations manager. She is the proud mom of three APS animals, one Bassett hound mix and two very lovely cats!
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Foods | Marketing Team Leader | Current |
| Animal Protection Society | Board of Directors | Current |
Austin musician, performer and award-winning songwriter Kit Holmes has been volunteering with AMF since its first major fundraising event "The Star of Texas Gala" back in 2003 at the Austin Music Hall where she ended up as the winning vocalist in the "One Night Band" competition! In addition to traveling regularly as a performer with her piano-driven brand of original, intelligent and often humorous pop-jazz, Kit is currently on board with AMF as the audio engineer for the Whole Foods "Music at the Market" series every Thursday from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. You can find out more about Kit and her music by visiting www.kitholmesmusic.com.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Foods | Engineer | Current |
| Austin Music Foundation | Current |
Director Director Stephanie Kugelman, age 61, currently serves as a principal of A.S.O., A Second Opinion, a brand consultancy firm which she founded. Prior to founding A.S.O., Ms. Kugelman was employed by Young & Rubicam for 36 years. During her tenure at Young & Rubicam, Ms. Kugelman served in a series of increasingly senior roles, mostly recently as Vice Chairman and Chief Strategic Officer from June 2001 to March 2007 and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Young & Rubicam's New York officer from May 1999 to May 2001. Ms. Kugelman currently serves as a Vice Chairman Emeritus at Young & Rubicam and on the Board of Directors of Whole Foods.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Foods | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cornerstone Brands, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Young & Rubicam Inc. | Vice Chairman & Chief Strategic Officer, Y & R Advertising Worldwide | Former |
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