whole foods

Is Downtown Austin ready for another grocery store?

Austin Metablog  Wed, 11/12/2008 - 7:40am

"...as big as it is today, Whole Foods was at one time a small business in Austin." (via Downtown Austin Blog)



 

Whole Foods Market Community 5% Day

Planning Ahead, Austin  Sat, 06/21/2008 - 11:19am

Shop with us on Tuesday, June 24th when 5% of our net sales will go to support Animal Trustees of Austin, Austin Humane Society and emanciPET.

Then you and your pet* are invited to our Yappy Hour on the plaza from 5 - 7 p.m.

Learn more about these local organizations and enter your pet in contests for a chance to win the title of:
Most Stylish Pet, Best Pet Trick
Cutest Pet or Best owner/pet look-a-likes.

*All pets must be on leashes.

Support the partners of Mission Orange Austin as they make life better for Austin's animals.

Whole Foods Market - Austin



 

Whole Foods stock gets battered after weak earnings report

KEYE - CBS 42  Wed, 05/14/2008 - 9:39am

Shares of Austin-based Whole Foods Market Inc. are falling sharply a day after the organic and natural foods retailer said its first-quarter profit fell 13 percent, missing Wall Street estimates.



 

Court weighs FTC's request to halt Whole Foods deal

KEYE - CBS 42  Wed, 04/23/2008 - 12:59pm

An appeals court panel of three judges appeared split on Wednesday on federal regulators' persistent effort to halt Whole Foods Market's takeover of a rival.



 

Grocery store ditches plastic bags

KEYE - CBS 42  Tue, 04/22/2008 - 7:34am

This is Earth Day and to celebrate Whole Foods Markets are saying goodbye to plastic bags.



 

Austin's Whole Foods 1st quarter profit falls 27 percent

KEYE - CBS 42  Tue, 02/19/2008 - 3:42pm

Natural foods grocer Whole Foods Market Inc. says its profit fell 27 percent in the most recent quarter as the cost of its acquisition of Wild Oats dragged on earnings.



 

Health foods' hidden powerbroker

CNN Money  Tue, 02/12/2008 - 8:19am

In 1994, Walter Robb, then a regional president at a fast growing natural foods chain called Whole Foods, chose a new primary distributor to handle the bulk of the deliveries to his stores in Northern California.



 

Activist targets 'unfair' produce practices

Daily Texan  Thu, 02/07/2008 - 11:00pm

Practices of Burger King and Austin-based Whole Foods Markets were targeted in the keynote address at the 28th annual Student Conference on Latin America hosted by the Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association.



 

Whole Foods says it will no longer use plastic bags

KEYE - CBS 42  Wed, 12/19/2007 - 4:36pm

Whole Foods says it is taking an environmental stand. On Wednesday the Austin-based grocer announced it will no longer use plastic bags.



 

Overheard in Austin

Austinist  Fri, 11/30/2007 - 2:01pm
Pre-teen girl wearing lots of makeup talking to her friend on the phone: I can't believe you broke up.

I totally thought you guys had a connection.