Whole Foods settles
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
High-end grocery store chain Whole Foods Market will sell 32 of the stores it acquired when it bough its former competitor Wild Oats in 2007 and will divest related assets, according to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The 1agreement resolves allegations the chain's acquisition of Wild Oats stores was anticompetitive, FTC announces March 6 (2"The Tan Sheet" Feb. 2, 2009, In Brief)