{"id":3292,"date":"2013-10-21T12:04:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T12:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2013-10-21T12:04:14","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T12:04:14","slug":"company-snapshot-whole-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2013\/10\/company-snapshot-whole-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Snapshot: Whole Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chain<\/a>Address:<\/strong>
\n550 Bowie St
\nAustin, TX 78703<\/p>\n

Telephone:<\/strong>
\n512 477-4455<\/p>\n

Internet Homepage:
\n<\/strong>www.wholefoodsmarket.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Total Current Stores:<\/strong>
\n364<\/p>\n

Year Founded:<\/strong>
\n1980<\/p>\n

Total Revenue:<\/strong>
\n$11.698 billion (fiscal 2012)<\/p>\n

Senior Executives:<\/strong>
\nJohn Mackey \u2013 Co-CEO, Co-Founder
\nWalter Robb – Co-CEO, Co-Founder<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Whole<\/a>Through acquisition and organic growth, Whole Foods has built a multi-billion dollar supermarket chain with a unique niche in the market. It opened its first store in Austin, TX September 1980 and the current company headquarters was built above that flagship location. Today, its stores stock over 2,600 store brand natural and organic products under a variety of names. The company\u2019s largest (and most controversial) acquisition was of Wild Oats, which faced heavy opposition from the FTC. Since then, Whole Foods has grown mostly through organic growth and small acquisitions with 364 stores and 78,000 employees.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"CSG<\/a>This year, Chain Store Guide celebrates its 80th anniversary. In honor of this occasion, we are hosting a monthly series of editorials called \u201cChain Store Guide Through The Ages<\/a>\u201d, starting with the 1930s. We will take a look at what was happening in that time and how it affected the industries we now serve. Our Company Snapshots<\/a> will examine companies from that period and see where they are today.
\n<\/em>
\n*Image courtesy of: David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Address: 550 Bowie St Austin, TX 78703 Telephone: 512 477-4455 Internet Homepage: www.wholefoodsmarket.com Total Current Stores: 364 Year Founded: 1980 Total Revenue: $11.698 billion (fiscal 2012) Senior Executives: John Mackey \u2013 Co-CEO, Co-Founder Walter Robb – Co-CEO, Co-Founder   Through acquisition and organic growth, Whole Foods has built a multi-billion dollar supermarket chain with a… Continue reading Company Snapshot: Whole Foods<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-3292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grocery-convenience","tag-snapshot","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}