Please Don't Let This Happen

[BarTopDancer]

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.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

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.

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

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.

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

[Morrigoon]

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

[Capt Jack]

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

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Ponine

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

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

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.

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.

[Not Afraid]

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

[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:

[BarTopDancer]

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.

[Kevy Baby]

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.