Date: To: 26 January 2011 Mr. John Mackey, CEO Whole Foods Market , SVP Corporate Strategy Group Interim Strategic Analysis From: RE: In response to our conversation on January 19, I have prepared a strategic analysis to assess the current competitive position of Whole Foods Market in the retail grocery and organic food industries. As you are aware, the US food industry is intensely competitive with firms ranging from corner store shops up through national retail chains. In recent years
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Executive Summary Whole Foods is the world’s leading retailer of natural and organic foods. It has differentiated itself in today’s market by developing a clear and concise corporate vision, mission, and values outlining its dedication to providing quality products and building a sustainable future. For the past 30 years, it has grown and adapted into a successful business by continually analyzing the external environment and identifying opportunities such as the acquisition of competitor Wild Oats
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retailing of organic foods and the impact of these trends on Whole Foods Market "Whole Foods Market was established in 1980 by three local Austin, Texas natural food store owners (Thompson, Strickland & Gamble, 2009, p. C-6). In 1991 Whole Foods Market started with ten stores in the U.S. The company’s success has enabled it to grow to a total of 276 stores in United States, Canada and Great Britain as of 2007 (Thompson, Strickland & Gamble, 2009, p. C-2). The growing trend of organic foods has continued
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Whole Foods Market Assignment #2 Competitive Forces and SWOT Analysis. Latrice Taylor Strayer University • Discuss the trends in retailing of organic foods and the impact of these trends on Whole Foods Market. According to the USDA(United States department of Agriculture) Organic foods now occupuy a prominent shelf in the produce and dairy aisle of most mainstream U.S food retailers. The marketing boom has pushed retail sales of organic foods up to $21.1 billion in 2008 from $3.6 billion
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Earth Fare’s intent is changing the way people buy and think about food, making healthy eating accessible, cheap, exciting, and delicious. Their belief is “food should be as close to the ground as it gets.” They are one of the largest natural food retailers in the U.S. They do not stock any items with “… high fructose corn syrup, trans fat, artificial colors, synthetic growth hormones (in the meat and milk), preservatives, antibiotics, synthetics growth hormones, bleached or bromated flours and irradiated
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Challenges Whole Foods Market face: * Competition Although Whole Foods is growing in size and reputation, but the supermarket chain is facing a lot of competition from both organic and traditional stores. Due to so much competition, their revenue is tempered a bit because of a slowing in sales. To say the least, they are not exactly where they projected to be. In order to compete with traditional stores like Target and Wal-Mart who are gradually adding more organic and natural foods on their shelves
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head: JOB EVALUATION WHOLE FOODS MARKET Job Structure for Whole Food Market Comfort Cooper DeVry University –Keller School of Management May 22, 2015 Job Evaluation for Whole Foods Market Introduction To begin the evaluation process for Whole Foods Market it is important to understand the dynamics behind the company. Whole Foods Market was founded in Austin, Texas, when four local business people decided the natural foods industry was ready for a supermarket. Whole Foods’ job structure is
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How sustainable is Whole Food’s competitive advantage? What factors will be the most crucial in maintaining it over the coming decade? Whole Foods can sustain its competitive advantage over the next decade on the basis of following four questions that will address about its resources and capabilities. The question of value: The Company has built a reputation for being selective in the products sold and only providing its customers with the highest quality natural and organic foods available. It appeals
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Target market #1 Food wholesalers [pic] fairway market Fairway market locates in British Columbia. They have stores at Victoria which is the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada. The produce department offers the best variety and quality of organic foods. "Today’s customers are focused on buying local whenever possible. At Fairway Markets, They are proud to be the conduit to bring local and international agriculture to customers' neighborhood via their stores." (Fairway market) PPL is
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Evaluation United Natural Foods, Inc (UNFI) “is the leading U.S. independent national distributor of natural, organic, specialty foods and related products, including: nutritional supplements, personal care items, and organic produce” (UNFI, 2012, para. 1). UNFI started out as Mountain People’s Warehouse in 1976, when people started becoming interested in natural product. In 1996, Mountain People’s Warehouse and Cornucopia Natural Foods merged and formed United Natural Foods, Inc. Today the company
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