Wild About Wild Oats? Ailing Retailer Extends Reach the Wrong Way
In an effort to increase sagging profits, Wild Oats announced its intention to become a strong national brand with distribution in major retail grocery chains through the nation. While touted as an innovative approach, might this just be the desperate moves of a company that realizes Whole Foods has won the war and it is […]
Egg Agribusiness Gets Aggro Over Oats Cage Free Policy
Is Corporate America Really That Pathetic? Okay so maybe corporate America isn’t ill willed and pathetically whiny, but lately I’ve been wondering about big agribusiness. Remember when the beef lobby for talking common sense health about eating red meat sued Oprah? Ever buy fresh chicken that is as frozen as the Ben & Jerry’s chunky […]
Was Wal-Mart’s Interest In Wild Oats The Real Reason For Whole Foods Buy
While we never thought that the prospect of a conventional grocer’s purchase of Wild Oats was reason enough for Whole Foods to purchase the ungainly, troubled #2 chain, we recently heard some news that makes WFM’s buyout of Oats a lot morel logical. Turns out that more and more folks have been reporting that a […]