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Whole Foods Market Opens Store

Watsonville Register Pajaronian
Publication: Watsonville Register Pajaronian, Staff Reporter
Date: March 24, 2009
Client: Whole Foods
Whole Foods

This front page article announced the opening of the Whole Foods in Santa Cruz. Each Whole Foods is unique and offers products that are selected and offered specifically for each store. The Santa Cruz location is no different. In addition to the opening, this article focused on the more than 130 locally grown products from a number of Watsonville companies. APR secured stories about the store opening on the front page of the Santa Cruz Sentinel, KION and KSBW, the San Jose Mercury News, Metro Santa Cruz covered the story as well.

About Whole Foods

Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (www.wholefoodsmarket.com), a leader in the natural and organic foods industry and America’s first national certified organic grocer, was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” in 2008 by Health magazine. The Whole Foods Market motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures the company’s mission to find success in customer satisfaction and wellness, employee excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to its 53,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine for 12 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2008, the company had sales of $8 billion and currently has more than 275 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Whole Foods Market, Fresh & Wild™, and Harry’s Farmers Market® are trademarks owned by Whole Foods Market IP, LP. Wild Oats® and Capers Community Market™ are trademarks owned by Wild Marks, Inc.