$29.06

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5/16/2008 4:00 PM

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFMI)

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Whole Foods Market, Inc. is the food retailer of natural and organic products.

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Texas (24), Bought Competitor (13), Austin (5), Retail (25), Organic Foods (5), Nasdaq 100 (99), Grocery Stores (27), Mid Cap (670), Environmentally Friendly (22), Best CEOs 2006 (31), S&P 500 (484), Dividend (187)
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Whole Foods Market, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$29.06
Last Trade Time:	5/16/2008 4:00 PM
Open:	$29.11
Previous Close:	$29.12
Daily Range:	$28.50 - $29.30
52-Week Range:	$28.45 - $53.65
Volume:	5,559,894
Market Cap:	$4.06B
P/E Ratio:	25.10
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Whole Foods stock is battered after weak 2Q report
5/14/2008 5:34:00 PM - AP
S&P 500 Leaders & Laggards: WFMI FRE DE PHM LEN
5/14/2008 5:27:00 PM - AP
Nasdaq 100 Leaders & Laggards: WFMI DISH STLD ERTS
5/14/2008 5:16:00 PM - AP
Macy's, Freddie Mac among big market movers
5/14/2008 4:48:00 PM - AP

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6 Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFMI)

Avatar gopirque (80.07) Submitted: 4/11/08 12:33 AM

I've seen a lot of "hype" about this stock until I was able to see Whole Foods in person. I spent several weeks in Colorado and I am thoroughly impressed with several things about WFMI.

Customer Service: There are many knowledgable people roaming the isles and strategically positioned t...More

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I've seen a lot of "hype" about this stock until I was able to see Whole Foods in person. I spent several weeks in Colorado and I am thoroughly impressed with several things about WFMI.

Customer Service: There are many knowledgable people roaming the isles and strategically positioned throughout the stores. They also had many products setup for taste-testing, allowing skeptics of the health-food craze to be able to taste before taking the plunge of buying.

Store Layout: Whole Foods Markets are very neat, organized, and easy to use. Considering in Denver there are organic and health food stores everywhere, Whole Foods was definately one of the best stores to walk-in first time and find what you were looking for. Most other stores were very small, crampt, and "messy" with the amount of stuff they tried to cram into the isle. (Ironically the only other one that compared was Sunflower Farmers Markets, run by the former CEO of Wild Oats)

Customer Base: Every Whole Foods that we visited was PACKED! People of all walks of life coming and going...we even did most of our grocery shopping there, and we don't have health food stores in PA. I think you have a combo of Experience and Quality when visitng a Whole Foods. You Experience the store...almost the way Starbucks is more than coffee, Whole Foods is more than Organic Food. You also see and buy Quality: we were duly impressed with brand varieties and store brand qualities(Whole Foods Branded Items) in Quality, and prices were very good. Since we don't have any of these store out East, we bought several items to be enjoyed back home, and we will!

Potential: The potential of Whole Foods is phenominal. The financials are great, and now that the CEO has moved on from the faisco late last year, I see Whole Foods continuing to grow out west. Not only that, but the East has hardly any Health Food or Organic Food stores at all. With the above mentioned qualities, I see Whole Foods finding good favor out here; I know we would shop there. The only real future competitor out west was Sunflower...which the stores were nice, smaller, and busy...but I think they will attract more customers from the mainline grocery store than a Whole Foods shopper.

Whole Foods is a great buy in this slump in the economy, and that's why I'm putting my 5 stars on it!!!

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4 Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFMI)

Avatar antichrononology (< 20) Submitted: 2/04/08 11:24 PM

Another boom soon to bust upscale trend market. Trendy customer base lacks loyalty, overhead is too high, sheer cost in waste disposal alone will drive them out of existence. A fad stock, with a fickle customer base, and over inflated expectations. Nothing to like investment wise. There stuffed goos...More

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Recs 0 (WFMI) MaxProfit81 (96.07) Submitted: 5/16/08 3:12 PM : Start Price: $29.48 WFMI Score: -1.93 Whoe doesnt love the selecation and the quality whole foods offers. With the recent hike in food and shipping costs Whole Foods has taken a profit hit. But while a few people will think prices are to high at whole foods, there are more who will continue to pay the extra dime because of what they have to offer and the quality of food. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (WFMI) 21popsontop (97.02) Submitted: 5/15/08 4:26 PM : Start Price: $29.11 WFMI Score: -0.09 Austin, TX sends us a longshot! Well grounded operation for massive growth in natural and organic food,and other changes that will take place over this decade,not to mention its not limited to, but well rounded International store chains product categories of produce,seafood,grocery,meat,and poultry,bakery,prepared foods and catering,specialty beer,wine and cheese,whole body,nutritional supplements,vitamins,body care and educational products,such as books,etc. Floral,pet products and household products. If I read management right,look for a little orgainic fertilizer and such things,or any other company business builder to get it a one stop shop,The company has no doubt payed the price for growth and still catching flack behind that smooth layed out deal with Wild Oats,although,some seem to have a problem with that deal,all I see is a well managed strong company thats all about business,and the winds should blow away the flack in due time.After an all around 360% look with consideration of some of the costly uncalled for crapp the company has been forced to wade through . I see much more than the local corner grocery store here.In my opinion,(Global),is not even a question,that looks pretty much a done deal ,as this outstanding management has shown they will put this one in the middle of the thick and stand their ground. Growth going forward looks like it could be a bull dozer,even a little mix of a health and inviroment play to get that HYPE down the road and pays a good dividend. Management no push over,by any means,but share holder friendly,and should lay out a nice long haul. This Company now has several directions to take growth forward and should work out any short term bugs along the path.I'v owned shares of the company for a while,and been setting under the shade tree ,hoping that latest downgrade would bring it anywhere near the last give away,although due to company's future prospects others have called it in the bin basket now,along with a few funds that have been adding shares,and with it exceeding analyst earnings estimate second strait going into 2008 shows he could turn bull and go into a bear stampeed at any moment. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (WFMI) 3Rhino (38.27) Submitted: 5/15/08 3:58 PM : Start Price: $29.12 WFMI Score: -0.41 I picked it to underperform last year. Now, the valuation is such that over the long haul it will appreciate, especially once they finish digesting the Wild Oats acquisition. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (WFMI) non20 (79.47) Submitted: 5/15/08 3:39 PM : Start Price: $31.00 WFMI Score: 8.29 When the cost of food goes up, profit goes down. Whole Foods cannot raise the price of their products because they are already expensive. As people feel the pinch at the pump and as that pinch translates into higher food costs, people will need to save money where they can and will start shopping at other places. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (WFMI) michiganjf (< 20) Submitted: 5/15/08 11:31 AM : Start Price: $29.22 WFMI Score: -1.55 This Darling has been battered into an in line PE. Now high 20s sales growth will push the price up to match sales growth to at least keep the PE in line going forward. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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