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Experts Question Opposition to Whole Foods Merger
June 7, 2007 - 9:47pm
from BusinessWeek
Despite the FTC’s opposition to the proposed merger between Whole Foods and Wild Oats on the grounds that it could harm consumers, industry experts say that the deal could result in lower prices as the new company seeks to beat competitors.


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Wild Oats helped Henry's
by Statuesqueone on June 8, 2007 - 3:38pm
Here in San Diego we have a small chain of Health Food stores called Henry's that was recently acquired by Wild Oats. I for one was happy to see this as my community Henry's was about to go under due to high costs and sagging sales. I really haven't seen prices increase so maybe it was a good thing all around.

I don't know enough about mergers and monopolies to say whether the FTC is protecting us or hurting us. Even after reading the article I'm still not sure. Hopefully whatever is decided the consumer's interest will be considered as the number one issue and Whole Foods profit margin will be second! 

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