Whole Foods

One Year On, How Has Amazon's Whole Foods Takeover Changed The Industry?

Laura Rice

From Texas Standard . A year ago Saturday, Amazon announced it was buying Whole Foods, prompting a flurry of questions about what it meant for the...

Many of the small companies that give Whole Foods its local-food image may look at Jeff Bezos' Amazon, which changed the way people shop, and see a hint of their own desire to shake things up in the food industry.

Why Whole Foods' Small Suppliers Think Amazon Will Be Good For Them

Mollie Simon

The small companies that gave Whole Foods its local-food image are relieved to see Amazon taking over. But their hopes may collide with the online retailer's cost-cutting tactics.

Produce options at the Whole Foods flagship store in Austin.

Economy & Labor

Amazon Deal Could Be An Opportunity To Attract New Customers To Whole Foods

Michael Marks | The Texas Standard

F rom Texas Standard: There are deals, and then there are big deals. Amazon buying Austin-based grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.7 billion certainly...

News

Amazon To Buy Whole Foods In $13.7 Billion Deal

Andrew Weber

Austin-based grocer Whole Foods is in talks to be acquired by ecommerce giant Amazon for $13.7 billion. According to a statement from Whole Foods ,...

People walk out of a Whole Foods Market in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Whole Foods Cutting Back On Stores For First Time Since 2008

The move comes after six-straight quarters of sales decline, while other retailers like Kroger and Wal-Mart expand their organic food offerings.

Government/Politics

Whole Foods Market Cited By FDA For Health Violations

Ryan Poppe

Whole Foods Market is being cited for not maintaining federal health standards for its manufacturing, processing, and packaging component of its food…

The modern broiler, or meat chicken, grows incredibly fast. But some critics say the bird — and the flavor of its meat — may suffer as a result. Whole Foods wants all of its suppliers to shift to slower-growing chicken breeds, like this one, seen at Arkansas-based Crystal Lake Farms.

Science & Technology

Why Whole Foods Wants A Slower-Growing Chicken

Dan Charles

A modern broiler, or meat chicken, grows incredibly fast. The bird suffers as a result, and some critics say its flavor does too. Now Whole Foods wants its suppliers to shift to slower-growing breeds.

Less-than-perfect fruit and vegetables are sold at a discount under the new Produce with Personality program being piloted at five Giant Eagle stores in Pittsburgh.

From Ugly To Hip: Misfit Fruits And Veggies Coming To Whole Foods

Allison Aubrey

Lots of tasty and nutritious produce ends up in landfills because it fails to meet retail beauty standards. Now, Whole Foods and Giant Eagle say they're ready to pilot sales of these wonky edibles.

Pre-Peeled Oranges: What Some Call 'Lazy' Others Call A 'Lifesaver'

Tove Danovich

A photo of Whole Foods' plastic-packaged peeled oranges went viral on Twitter, prompting outrage about environmental waste. Who the heck needs this? People with disabilities say they do.

Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy, a Colorado goat cheese producer, says it will begin to source more milk from dairies that don't rely on inmate labor — so that they can continue to sell some cheeses to Whole Foods.

Whole Foods Says It Will Stop Selling Foods Made With Prison Labor

Allison Aubrey

Whole Foods has sourced goat cheese and tilapia from farms that employ inmates through Colorado Correctional Industries. Critics say it's exploitative because the inmates are paid so little.