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    “Whole Food Markets” Week #6 If you were to ask people if they enjoy going to work on Monday, I am sure most of them would give you a funny look, and say “No”. Americans dislike of their jobs is very evident. To see the magnitude of this just look on social media. On Fridays, there are vast amounts of thank god it’s Friday (TGIF) memes indicating how happy they are that they are done with work for the week. Many American simply do not enjoy working. However, a select few actually do. They enjoy

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    Whole Foods

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    Strategy for Whole Foods Market Current Strategic Issues 1. How does Whole Foods sustain positive growth in sales? 2. How does Whole Foods cope with the downturn in the economy? 3. How does Whole Foods achieve sustainable competitive advantage? Rationale for Issues One of Whole Foods main strategic issues is how it should sustain positive growth in sales. Sales growth in 2008 was 0.8%, compared to sales growth increase of 8.2% in 2007. However, much of these low sales growth figures

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    Whole Foods

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    1. (a) Whole Foods operates in the organic, or natural and specialty foods retail industry. Leading the industry, Whole Foods Market is the world 's most successful natural foods grocery chain. Having recently acquired one of its main competitors, Wild Oats Market, Whole Foods currently competes with two other large grocery chains—Kroger and Trader Joe 's. The company also acquired Amrion, a company specializing in nutraceuticals (natural supplements with pharmaceutical-type benefits), creating

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    objectives and obligations, including the demands of ethical behavior and social convention, they can be quite critical in terms of impact on the world of economics and business” (Sen, 1997). There is no doubt, that Whole Foods go all-out to accomplish all these principles. Whole Foods communication is forthright and truthful to all its stakeholders, internal and external. Honesty can only be received when it is given. Everyone is held responsible for the organization, all in all they hold their employees

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    Whole Foods Case Summary

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    Finance’s message from 1999-2006. He used an alias Rahodeb and boasted all of the positive work Whole Foods Markets was accomplishing while making uncomplimentary remarks about rival Wild Oats Market before Whole Foods take over Wild Oats Market. This unacceptable behavior coming from the CEO affected the company image. Consumers confident plummet and hesitation sets in to purchase food from Whole Foods Market. Mackey regretted his posting, apologized for his behavior, and asked stakeholders to forgive

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    Whole Foods Legacy

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    served by Whole Foods – the elite and well to do. If Mackey is a conscious capitalist and servant leader and practices what he preaches he would have stores which are accessible to persons of all demographics. This has been the main complaint against Mackey and the one which the potential to damage his credibility as a servant leader and conscious capitalist and thus the good work of his legacy. Recently Mackey acknowledged the weakness of his legacy this and answered the call to provide good food for

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    Whole Foods

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    major strategic issues. The first is that Whole Foods present its implementation of a cost leadership strategy by reducing operation costs below that of its competitors in the same industry. The second recommendation is to advertise on television and local radio stations by attracting more customers. 6.1 Evaluating Current Strategies and Major Strategic Issues We begin to describe the two current strategies for Whole Foods. The first strategy for Whole Foods is to drop prices as low as possible in

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    Whole Foods Case

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    Whole Foods Market Case Whole Foods Market has evolved into one of the largest retailers of natural and organic foods. This company 's rapid growth and market success has to do with being a mission-driven company. Whole Foods is highly selective about what they sell and are dedicated to their core values. Whole Food 's integrated strategy consists of growth, differentiation, merchandising, and customer service. This strategic plan was aimed at expanding its operations to offer high quality and

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    Whole Foods Merger

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    Whole Foods Market was initiated its business in Austin, Texas, Their initial creators were John Mackey and Renee Lawson Hardy, owners of different places where you got natural foods. The original Whole Foods Marketplace started in 1980 with only 19 people in the company. Now Whole Food Market is the best seller in natural and organic foods. At this moment they had more than 310 stores in the North America and Europe. The company keeps the excellent quality in the industry all the time. John

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    Amazon Whole Foods

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    Though many outlets described Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods as a “match made in heaven,” there exists some serious challenges if Amazon hopes to make strides in the grocery market by leveraging its cost-saving, technology driven business strategies with Whole Foods’ quality, name-brand products. First, as with most acquisitions, synergizing the two organizations poses threats. Differences in culture and strategic vision can disrupt growth and financial success. For the most part, the two organizations

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