Whole Foods. By 2006, Whole Foods Market had evolved into the“world’s largest retail chain of natural and organic foodssupermarkets.” Their rapid growth and success is primarily due tobeing highly selective about what they sell, as well as beingdedicated quality standards and core values. However, sales growthhas slowed. CEO John Mackey is highly committed to these values,however, the company needs to survive, and thus WF has agreed to asale to Amazon for more than $13B. What are the key issues thatfacing Whole Foods? Evaluate the sale in terms of its likelihood toresolve these key issue. What alternative courses of action couldWhole Foods have taken? Evaluate each course of action (pros andcons). Recommend the best course of action.
