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.