Market Winners & Losers: IMS Health, CVS Caremark Nov 6, 2009
Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI) The green-grocers full-year earnings forecast cost the stock 15. 5. (Fox News)
Cambridge Police: Arrests Oct. 26 - Nov. 1, 2009 Nov 5, 2009
7:15 p.m., Keith Kugell, 42, of 495 Mass Ave. arrested and charged with shoplifting from the Whole Foods Market on River Street. Nov. 1, 1:43 p.m., William Bambery, 54, of 12 Erikson St., Stoneham, arrested in Central Square after he was stopped and was allegedly found in possession of a prescription bottle of Oxycodone in another person s name. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Stock futures point to lower open for Wall Street shares Nov 5, 2009
After reporting results, shares in News Corp (NWSA.O) and Qualcomm (QCOM.O) rose in after-hours trading, while those in Whole Foods Market (WFMI.O) and Murphy Oil (MUR.N) fell. U.S. stocks rallied but lost steam on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it would keep rates near zero for "an extended period" even as it expressed confidence in the economic recovery. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Whole Foods Reports Profit Increase Nov 5, 2009
AUSTIN (November 4, 2009)Austin-based Whole Foods Market says business has officially turned the corner as profit and revenue for its stores grew in the fourth quarter. After being hard hit by the recession's impact on shoppers, Whole Foods made several changes and began to see signs last quarter that its business might be recovering. (KWTX.com, TX)
Kids need nutritious school lunches Nov 5, 2009
Whole Foods Market got into the game by teaming up with Ann Cooper, the self-titled "renegade lunch lady." A chef and consultant, Cooper implements fresh, regional and organic foods into public school cafeterias. She's created thelunchbox. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Whole Foods Shares Fall on 2010 View, Share Dilution Nov 5, 2009
Gourmet grocer Whole Foods Market (WFMI) reported strong fourth-quarter profit but announced a share dilution and gave lower than expected fiscal 2010 view that sent the stock south in after-hours trading. The company forecast fiscal 2010 earnings to range between $1. (Fox News)
Anna Romagnoli’s refashioning a seasoned family legacy Nov 4, 2009
Most recently, she was laid off from Whole Foods Market in New York, where she was the regional educator for the tri-state area. The layoff gave her the impetus she needed to return to Boston. (Boston Globe)
Get Thanksgiving dinner without cooking at home Nov 4, 2009
Of the supermarkets, Whole Foods Market in Fig Garden Village has the most extens 00004000 ive spread. The most popular meals are $99. (Fresno Bee)
Pending home sales index to be released Nov 2, 2009
-- Whole Foods Market releases fourth-quarter results. TH. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Haunted Happenings Oct 31, 2009
Aventura Whole Foods Market Silent Pumpkin Auction: Accepts silent bids on team members' hand-painted pumpkins ... Winners announced at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, through Oct. 30; Whole Foods Market-Aventura, 21105 Biscayne Blvd., Aventura. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
`Bill Gates of Belgium' Fights SAP From Farmhouse as Free Software Spreads Oct 30, 2009
The phenomenon started in operating systems, where RedHat Inc., the biggest seller of software based on the open-source Linux program, has picked up corporate customers including Whole Foods Market Inc., Banco Pastor SA in Spain and Union Bank in the U.S. RedHats second-quarter revenue rose 12 percent as it attracted clients away from Microsoft and. Prior to the fourth quarter of last year we were seeing some sporadic, slow but solid growth in certain areas of open source, said Laurie... (Bloomberg -- UK)
Buying for the kitchen on a $100 budget Oct 29, 2009
From 6 to 8 p.m. next Thursday, Whole Foods Market, East Liberty, hosts a sampling of Thanksgiving foods, from free-range turkey to pumpkin pie. The Chautauqua-Lake Erie Wine Trail's Harvest Wine Weekends run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7-8 and 14-15. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Demand high for Fibre's newest recycled paper Oct 29, 2009
This spring, Texas-based Whole Foods Market became the first grocery retailer nationwide to switch to 100 percent recycled bags. Starbucks is pushing to increase its recycled packaging, as is the nation s largest retailer, Walmart. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Boston Globe: Born Again Oct 28, 2009
A Whole Foods Market, purveyor of organic and pricey food, is scheduled to open over Labor Day weekend in the Charles River Plaza. Some residents, though, want a more affordable supermarket, and one is likely to come to Bulfinch Triangle, the historic district near the TD Banknorth Garden, where development parcels were recently awarded for new condos and retail space. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Fall dinners Oct 28, 2009
Chef Aaron Wynn of Whole Foods Market at Cranbrook Village, Ann Arbor, offered this easy meal : a steaming bowl of hearty buffalo chili served with moist cornbread and topped off with some festive lemon cookies ... From Aaron Wynn, chef of Whole Foods Market at Cranbrook Village, Ann Arbor. (Montana Standard, MT)
Oct. 21 AJC says that Beijing has the world’s largest airport. Is it bigger than the Atlanta airport? Oct 27, 2009
A: Items labeled #1-#7, which identifies what kind of plastic the item is made of, can be recycled in Marietta at locations such as Harry s Whole Foods Market at 70 Powers Ferry Road S.E. and SP Recycling at 1131 Atlanta Industrial Drive, said Gwen Baldwin, public programs coordinator for Keep Cobb Beautiful. Whole Foods and SP Recycling also have other locations in the metro area. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Lincoln Park's Urban Fresh to close Oct 24, 2009
In May, Whole Foods Market Inc. shut an older store and opened in a new, larger location with a wider selection of prepared foods just half a mile from Urban Fresh. Meanwhile Batavia, Illinois-based Aldi is building another one of its small discount grocery stores steps from Urban Fresh's spot, below an existing Trader Joe's on Clybourn. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Florida may become first bagless state in nation Oct 22, 2009
Whole Foods Market stopped giving out plastic bags last year. About 20 percent to 30 percent of customers now bring reusable bags, and the percentage doing so continues to rise, said regional marketing director Russ Benblatt. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Whole Foods Market becomes Plug customer Oct 22, 2009
will supply 61 of its GenDrive fuel-cells to power forklifts at a Whole Foods Market distribution center in Landover, Md. The Latham, N.Y., fuel-cell developer (Nasdaq: PLUG) is partnering with logistics provider of Pittsburgh, Pa. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Why does shopping have to be so boring? Oct 21, 2009
Yet models for crea 00004000 ting an element of genuine interest in a food store design already exist, particularly in the US. Examples in a large format are Wegmans, Whole Foods Market and H-E-B. These retailers use a variety of curving and cross-intersecting aisle layouts. All of them eschew metal finishes in favour of natural materials. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
PhilippeBecker Receives Three AGDA Awards for Branding and Package Design Excellence Oct 21, 2009
Agency clients operate globally, and include , , Forbes, , , , , Safeway, SanDisk, , T-Mobile, , Whole Foods Market, Williams-Sonoma, Inc., and. More information is available at. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Right View: Where did it come from? Oct 20, 2009
Despite so many qualified competitors, my vote for the summer s prize goes to the August so-called protest at the Whole Foods Market on Prospect Street, when a bunch of yobs from Massachusetts Jobs for Justice over-exposed themselves in public about a Wall Street Journal article written by the company s CEO, John Mackey ... A call for a nationwide boycott of Whole Foods Market the ones in Cambridge, too. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Shop Whole Foods for Winchester's FANSplash Oct 18, 2009
On Oct. 20, FANSplash, the philanthropic arm of the Family Action Network (FAN), will be the beneficiary of Whole Foods Market, Woburns 5 percent day charitable giving program ... On Oct. 20, FANSplash, the philanthropic arm of the Family Action Network (FAN), will be the beneficiary of Whole Foods Market, Woburn s 5 percent day charitable giving program. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
Target zeroes in on Kailua location for 3rd Hawaii store Oct 18, 2009
Presently, Don Quijote's roughly 100,000-square-foot store in Kailua's commercial core next to Safeway is the biggest retailer in the community, which also has a 62,000-square-foot Macy's and is scheduled to receive a 40,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market in 2011. Donna Wong, a longtime Kailua resident, said Target is in a different class than other big-box chains, and likely would be viewed by more residents as a welcome addition to the area. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Whole Foods to open in East Cobb in 2011 Oct 17, 2009
Merchants Walk, a 33-year-old commercial node in East Cobb County, is getting a major face lift and a new Whole Foods Market. More business news. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Cambridge police log arrests: Week of Oct. 15 Oct 17, 2009
6:39 p.m., Cynthia Rowean, 48, of 179 Common St., Watertown, was arrested and charged with shoplifting over $100 of merchandise from the Whole Foods Market at 200 Alewife Brook Parkway. 11:36 p.m., Katherine Ann Tegan, 56, of 70 Glenville Ave., Allston, was arrested subsequent to a motor vehicle accident on Putnam Avenue on charges of drunken driving. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
DNA points to Berkeley carjack suspect Oct 16, 2009
Police say McGruder pulled a gun on a woman in the parking lot of Whole Foods Market at 3000 Telegraph Ave. on Dec. 30 and ordered her into her car. Once she was inside, the woman screamed and the carjacker punched her in the face, said Officer Andrew Frankel, a police spokesman. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Whole Foods plans its 7th birthday party Oct 15, 2009
A big happy birthday to Pittsburgh's Whole Foods Market, turning seven years old this week. (Where has the time gone. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Chipotle's 'Integrity' slogan draws heat Oct 14, 2009
In June, Lady Moon Farms and Alderman Farms signed a similar agreement with Whole Foods Market. Benitez praises Whole Foods, Compass Group and McDonald's for having agreements with both the coalition and these farms. (Fresno Bee)
1 comment(s) Oct 14, 2009
The World Link : Out of the bog. By Nate Traylor, Staff Writer Wednesday, October 14, 2009. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Out of the bog Oct 14, 2009
By Nate Traylor, Staff Writer Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Tribe goes dry for its cranberry harvest. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Rides highlight bike festival (10) Oct 12, 2009
Sponsors of the event include the City of Sonoma, The Red Grape, The Sonoma Index-Tribune, Rotary International, Sonoma Valley Cyclery, Sonoma Market, Enologix, Whole Foods Market and Three House Multimedia. Reader Comments. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Dentist Office Music Gets A New Sound With Smile Radio Oct 6, 2009
Founded by 30-year broadcast radio veterans Dave Rahn and John Bradley, creates and manages custom music channels for local and national brands including Floyd's 99 Barbershops, Whole Foods Market, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Cost Plus World Market, Clearwire, and numerous broadcast radio stations. Smile Radio is the company's entree into providing specialized music channels designed for the dental and medical professions. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Thousands attend 25th annual Moonlight Run Oct 6, 2009
Event sponsors included the Palo Alto Weekly, City of Palo Alto Recreation, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Larry's AutoWorks, Connoisseur Coffee Co., Whole Foods Market, Wahoo's Fish Taco and others. For more information visit. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
District Assemblies in UER to help farmers through the lean season Oct 5, 2009
The craft centre was built by the community with support from two companies in the United States of America; 'The Blessing Basket' and 'Whole Foods Market' whose support came from the proceeds of baskets produced by the local people ... She then exported them to the USA and for the 'Whole Foods Market' to retail the baskets, giving back the profits to the community to undertake development projects that would meet their peculiar needs. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Letter: Family Game Night made possible by local businesses Oct 4, 2009
Many thanks as well to our good friends at Whole Foods Market, Inc. for donating delicious, wholesome refreshments. Plans for another evening of family fun at the Hills Branch are in the works. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Grocers start to reconsider checks Oct 1, 2009
Whole Foods Market Inc. is considering banning the use of personal checks at its 270 stores nationwide, including 16 in Florida, but none in Volusia or Flagler counties. The grocer started a test "no-checks" policy earlier this month at two stores in the Los Angeles area and one in Arizona. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Business)
Feds wont appeal Kozlowski ruling Sep 30, 2009
was the driver of the Whole Foods Market Group semi that overturned off I-94 north of Osseo on Oct. 16, 2005. A bus carrying members of the Chi-Hi marching band then slammed into the underside of the semi. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Whole Foods holds free sushi class for children Sep 30, 2009
Wicked Local photo by Zara Tzanev Avocado roll takes shape at a Sushi for Beginners class at the Walnut Street Whole Foods Market ... The children, all dressed in chefs aprons and hats, were partaking in the first sushi-making class at Whole Foods Market on Walnut Street ... Whole Foods Market hopes to continue offering free sushi classes for children, ideally once a month. (Newton Tab, MA)
Disciplinary Office Locks Disbarred Attorney Out of His Office Sep 26, 2009
Feingold earned the ire of at least one judge in 2007 when Feingold was acting pro se in a case he brought against a law firm that represented Whole Foods Market when Feingold sued the food chain after he got sick from their food. In Feingold v. Kent & McBride, Judge Gary S. Glazer let his footnotes do the scolding. (Law.com)
Health calendar Sep 25, 2009
"RAW FOOD" class on the benefits of eating raw foods; 11 a.m.; Sept. 26; Whole Foods Market, Kahala; free; 738-0820. SHOPPING FOR DIABETIC-FRIENDLY FOODS, 4 p.m. Sept. 30; Whole Foods Market, Kahala; free; reservations, 738-0820. (Honolulu Advertiser)
A Face-to-Face Meet for Twitterers Sep 24, 2009
Winnie Hsia, a social media specialist at the grocery chain Whole Foods Market (), says her company has 180 Twitter accounts run by employees at 200 stores. She says the company is letting the staffers write their own messages without much control from headquarters. (BusinessWeek)
50 cattle become 51 on way to Hawaii Sep 24, 2009
Island Dairy said Whole Foods Market, which operates one O'ahu store and plans to open two more next year on Maui and O'ahu, will carry its local milk starting next week. A string of local dairy shutdowns in recent years left residents of O'ahu, Maui and Kaua'i with all their milk imported from the Mainland. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Panhandler Victor Frost arrested for shouting racial epithets Sep 24, 2009
Frost, who regularly solicits donations across the street from Whole Foods Market, received an arrest citation after a female passerby witnessed him yelling at and berating a homeless person, according to police spokesman Sgt. Dan Ryan. The woman called police, who arrived at the scene and interviewed Frost, the witness and the victim. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
DUI driver offers cops a 'twofer' (21) Sep 22, 2009
Police later learned that the same woman had attempted to cash a similar check at Whole Foods market but left with the check after store personnel said they would have to verify it over the phone. Alert store personnel got a description of the woman's car - which they said resembled a dark blue Toyota Camry - as well as the license plate. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
California Finds a Silver Lining at the 25th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day Sep 20, 2009
California Coastal Cleanup Day Presented by the California Coastal Commission and Whole Foods Market ... These volunteers took part in the California Coastal Commission's 25th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day presented by Whole Foods Market, part of the International Coastal Cleanup organized by The Ocean Conservancy ... "Our efforts this year were helped tremendously by our partnership with Whole Foods Market and their summer-long effort to help publicize the Cleanup," said Eben Schwartz,... (PR Newswire)
Whole Foods lease nearing finalization (7) Sep 18, 2009
Friday, March 02, 2007 Edition. " Ekstrand said he estimates the Whole Foods store would be about 35,000 square feet in size, but said he would build facilities for additional businesses on the property, with a total development of 53,000 to 63,000 square feet. The developer said he would not be able to make money on his investment unless he built the additional facilities."It's going to have some small shops," said Ekstrand, who said he did not have any names of potential tenants yet. "I would... (Malibu Times, CA)
Whole Foods chefs take it outside Sep 17, 2009
Last Saturday, Whole Foods Market at Kahala Mall held a Cooking Challenge for three of its chefs and one cooking-obsessed amateur to determine who could make the best dish based on local products in an hour's time, give or take, under some pretty tough conditions. The challenge took place on the wide sidewalk in front of the store: no running water, electrical plugs difficult to get to, no pantry within reach so everything had to be lugged out to the four tables at which the contestants worked. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Palo Alto sit-lie law 'could be discriminatory' Sep 17, 2009
Frost, a City Council candidate who uses a telephone pole as his address, frequents spots outside Whole Foods Market on Homer Avenue and on California Avenue, with his large signs. He has been ticketed more than 12 times for violating the City of Palo Alto's sit-lie ordinance and is the first person being prosecuted under the city's 12-year-old law. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
The times they are a changin’ in birthplace of hippie movement Sep 17, 2009
Take the proposal to bring in a Whole Foods Market as part of a mixed-use housing development on the site of a closed food store. Calvin Welch of the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council said he does not oppose a Whole Foods store per se, although he would prefer to see local grocers at the site. (Boston Globe)
Whole Foods buys big on energy credits Sep 16, 2009
The 2009 Whole Foods Market wind power purchase will help avoid up to 868 million pounds of carbon dioxide pollution. That has an environmental impact of taking more than 72,000 cars off of the roads for a year, or planting nearly 3. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Brookline Recycling Corner Sep 16, 2009
Whole Foods Market, Home Depot, and your weekly Thursday Household Hazardous Products Day at 815 Newton St. (through Oct. 15) will gladly accept them. Please store them in the original box, and in a spot where they will not break. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Tualatin Riverkeepers to hold music festival benefit Sept. 27 Sep 16, 2009
All dogs are donated by local companies, including Haggen Grocery in Tualatin, Whole Foods Market at Bridgeport and Food Front Grocery in Hillsdale, with proceeds directly benefiting Tualatin Riverkeepers. Dessert includes Apple Brown Betty. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Local group is bringing kosher closer to nature Sep 16, 2009
70 more than kosher whole chickens at the Butcherie in Brookline, and about $1 more than a naturally raised kosher brand that isn t free range at Whole Foods Market in Brighton. Most kosher birds are raised no differently from industrial birds. (Boston Globe)
Food expedition in B'ham Sep 15, 2009
Another food venture led us to the Whole Foods Market. We made a special effort to drop by there as the leftist crowd has been sponsoring a boycott on the place for a remark made by the Whole Food's president, which was not complementary of Mrs. Pelosi's and Mr. Reid's health care plan. (Seantobia Democrat, MS)
Swampscott Police Log: Sept. 10-14, 2009 Sep 15, 2009
4:54 p.m., A group of protesters in front of Whole Foods Market on Paradise Road was reported. An officer found the group was assembled peacefully, not on private property and not interfering with traffic. (Swampscott Reporter, MA)
Bankruptcy shuts health food haven Sep 11, 2009
Grocery stores along Route 1 like Wegman's carry a variety of organic products, a spacious Whole Foods market opened in September 2004, and a Trader Joe's is slated to open some time this fall. But perhaps Olive May's toughest competition was in its own neighborhood. (NJ.com -- Times)
Grocery shoppers see relief as foo00004000d prices fall Sep 9, 2009
Whole Foods Market Inc. says low prices on produce, such as organic berries, has meant significant savings for shoppers. And Costco Wholesale Corp., which aims to be the first of its peers to lower prices and last to raise them, says prices are down on items from paper towels to prime-cut meat. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Cost of food is dropping slightly Sep 9, 2009
Whole Foods Market Inc. says low prices on produce, such as organic berries, have meant significant savings for shoppers. Costco Wholesale Corp. says prices are down on items from paper towels to prime-cut meat. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Fresno fair contests loom large for cooks Sep 9, 2009
If you have a sweet tooth, then use Whole Foods Market sugar in the baked goods competitions. The contestant with the highest points in these competitions will win a $30 gift card to Whole Foods Market ... (Note: You can still enter these contests without using Whole Foods Market sugar, but you'll only be eligible for the cash prizes. (Fresno Bee)
Lemon sorbet taste test Sep 9, 2009
But neither was there a clear loser; 365 Meyer Lemon Sorbet (Whole Foods Market s house brand) was turned away by four tasters with bitter being the most common remark ... Whole Foods Market 365 Meyer Lemon Sorbet. (Boston Globe)
For the environment Sep 8, 2009
BUCKET GARDENING' CLASS, hands-on activity for all ages; 3 p.m. Sept. 11, Whole Foods Market; free; information, sign-up: 738-0820. COOKING CHALLENGE AT WHOLE FOODS MARKET,' in conjunction with one-year anniversary, competition using local ingredients by amateur local and college chefs; 2 p.m. Sept. 12; Whole Foods Market; free; information, 738-0820. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Whole Foods Market will delay opening Sep 8, 2009
Whole Foods Market is pushing back its schedule for opening what was once envisioned as its flagship Hawai'i store at Ward Centers ... "Whole Foods Market is working towards opening its store at Ward Centers in late 2010.". (Honolulu Advertiser)
On Your Mind Sep 7, 2009
I buy mine in the bulk section for 99 cents/pound from a store in Tucson called Whole Foods Market. It s at 3350 Speedway on the south side of Speedway. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Oregon wants 'dog friendly' to be less so Sep 4, 2009
"Look at her; she's the calmest dog you've ever met, isn't she?" Lawrence Sax said of Star, his 8-year-old Australian shepherd mix, as he held her leash at a Whole Foods Market here ... "Look at her; she's the calmest dog you've ever met, isn't she?" Lawrence Sax said of Star, his 8-year-old Australian shepherd mix, as he held her leash at a Whole Foods Market here. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
