Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) is an Austin, Texas-based foods grocer. As of September 2007, the company operates over 270 locations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.Whole Foods Market is a food retailer of organic products including produce, seafood, grocery, meat and poultry, bakery, prepared foods and catering, beer, wine, cheese, whole body, floral, pet products, and household products. The company also sells a selection of conventional national brands. The company is consistently ranked among the most socially responsible businesses.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whole Foods Market Inc said on Tuesday that it will aim to end the use of disposable plastic grocery bags in all of its 270 U.S., Canada, and United Kingdom stores by April 22, Earth Day. The grocer, which features natural...

Napa, California, America's food and wine capital city, got its first Whole Foods Market yesterday. And what a store it is. It's not even really a store--it's a food emporium. And befitting Napa's status as America's food and wine capital, the natural and specialty foods superstore is a perfect fit. Why? Read more.

Starting February 2008, UK brand, Organic Apoteke will be available in two specialty stores in the US, namely, Henri Bendei in New York City and Studio@Fred Segal in Los Angeles. The brand is currently only available at Whole Foods Market in the US and its UK distribution point based in London.

British retailer Tesco launched it's Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets chain in the USA last month, and already has almost 30 stores open, with hundreds more to follow. German grocer ALDI plans to build 100 new small format stores. Whole Foods Market is even getting into the game. It's a retail revolution.

Two small format, no-frills, discount price-oriented natural foods retailers are expanding the number of stores they currently have significantly. Their target, Whole Foods Market, Inc., and supermarket shoppers who want to pay much less for natural and organic foods and groceries.