I love shopping at Whole Foods Market!  Do you like the store?
I love all of there 473 stores.
Wow!  There are that many of them?  Where did Whole Foods originate?
I am not sure but Amazon.com and Whole Foods Market merged in 2017.
I did hear about that.  Will they be dropping their prices?  Whole Foods is quite expensive!
I am not sure. But I am sure the founders Mackey and Renee Lawson would be proud.
Do they still work for the company in any capacity?
Yes, he is the current CEO of Whole Foods Market.
That's awesome!  Now that they are owned by Amazon, can we get discounts if we have the Amazon credit card?
organic food.
Early life and education.
Mackey was born on August 15, 1953 in Houston, Texas, the son of Margaret Wescott (Powell) and William Sturges "Bill" Mackey, Jr. He has a sister and a brother.
John Mackey's father Bill was a professor of accounting, CEO of LifeMark, a health-care company, and investor of Whole Foods Market, before he died in 2004. In the abstract to the book: "Conscious Capitalism", Mackey thanks his father for
possible intention to take over some vacant Sears and Kmart stores and refurbish them after Sears Holdings Corporation, which owned both chains, filed for bankruptcy in October.
Product quality.
Whole Foods Market only sells products that meet its self-created quality standards for being "natural", which the store defines as: minimally processed foods that are free of hydrogenated fats as well as artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners, preservatives, and many others as listed on their online "Unacceptable Food Ingredients" list. Whole Foods Market