Please Don't Let This Happen

[Kevy Baby]

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:

On the conference call with analysts, WFM was upfront in saying they expect to close and or relocate a number of existing Wild Oats locations. There seems to be significant redundancies in the California market. Wild Oats operates 34 locations in California with 29 of those locations branded as Henry’s Farmer Market. Whole Foods operates 21 locations in California. I’m thinking many of the Henry’s locations will be closed or relocated because these stores are smaller in size and do not fit the size specs of WFM locations.

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: