Please Don't Let This Happen
 

Whole Foods may peruse Wild Oats.

I love Wild Oats (Henry's Market) produce and bulk. I find Whole Foods produce seriously overpriced and their selection not nearly as nice as Henry's. I will be so sad if this happens and Henry's goes away.

:(

With today's ruling, I believe that this merger is now inevitable.

ETA: I thought we had discussed this previously. No big deal; it just caused me to remember something about this.

I fail to see why you percieve this as a bad move. Enlighten?

So... they'll be selling of the Henry's Markets, it seems?

great! maybe they'll turn the one Henrys by me back into a Liquor Barn

If Whole Foods buys Wild Oats (Henry's) and turns them into Wild Oat's stores then their produce selection/quality will go down and the prices will go up.

COOL! Maybe they're be able to continue expansion.

I did a little searching and while I could not find anything specific, it appears that they would not be keeping Henry's/Wild Oats in their existing format.

And in terms of locations in California:
From here.

Since we occasionally shop at the Henry's Marketplace in Yorba Linda and I agree with BTD about selection, I will be sad to see the change. But WFM has its advantages as well. Overall, I am mostly :eh:

I'm mostly bummed about the produce. I can always count on them to be so much better and cheaper than any other grocery store. I found the few Whole Foods that I have been in seriously overpriced, packaged like TJs or over-ripe.

Guess I'll be starting my hunt for a decent farmers market or going to the OC Swap Meet for my produce (they have a great selection usually).

ce la vie.

I hope WFM carries milled oats. We use that as bedding substrate for the dragons. Also, I can find dandelion greens at Henry's as well - the dragons LOVE those.

Maybe its just me. I dont see this as a bad merger.
From what I have read they will keep some stores, and close others.

If they take the Wold Oats line, which they didnt completely close in the first place, those stores have remained failry intact.

The Henry's that I shop most just underwent a major overhaul anyway, and looks like a mini Whole foods...
I guess I just need to re think this, my apologies.

Yeeeeeeeech I hate hate hate Whole Foods. The whole shopping experience is like this chaotic mess of incredibly overpriced fiber and granola. (Even just regular things cost three times as much; I remember I bought some chicken soft tacos and a beverage, and it was like $12, WTF) Just thinking about going in there keeps me "regular".... hopefully they won't run Henry's in the same way, or I'll never shop THERE again either.