Economics

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Size: In comparison, Whole Foods competitors such as Kroger has 310,000 employees while Trader Joe’s has more than 30,000 employees.

Whole Foods Diversity Mission: Our success is dependent on the collective energy and intelligence of all our team members. We strive to create a work environment where motivated team members can flourish and succeed to their highest potential. We appreciate effort and reward results.

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ECONOMICS

Economic Growth (as of 9/30/12)

Sales: $11.7B

Comparable-store Sales: 8.5% increase

Identical-store Sales: 8.3% increase

Sales Growth: 24%

in first 13 weeks of

FY12 compared to

first 12 weeks

of FY11

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In comparison, Whole Foods competitors recent annual earnings were estimated to be $96B for Kroger and $8B for Trader Joes.

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ECONOMICS (continued)

Whole Foods attributes their success to their relationship with shareholders, which is predicated upon:

Ability to instill a clear sense of interdependence

Efforts to communicate more often, more openly and more compassionately.

Better communication equals better understanding and more trust.

Providing transparency by posting management presentations, conference call scripts, annual reports, corporate governance information and investor FAQs to their company website.

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MARKETING INTERESTS AND STRATEGIES

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*Allows each region/country to focus on the needs of the client.

**Whole Foods is active in the following social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube.

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ECONOMICS AND MAJOR BUSINESS INTERESTS