SAN FRANCISCO - FEBRUARY 22: Whole Foods employee Cesar Martinez stocks shelves with apples at a Whole Foods Market February 22, 2007 in San Francisco, California. Whole Foods Market Inc. announced that it plans to purchase Wild Oats Market Inc. for an estimated $565 million in hopes of competing with larger food chains that have started to introduce organic and prepared foods to their inventories. Getty Images logo Getty Images 60 months ago

SAN FRANCISCO - FEBRUARY 22: Whole Foods employee Cesar Martinez stocks shelves with apples at a Whole Foods Market February 22, 2007 in San Francisco, California. Whole Foods Market Inc. announced that it plans to purchase Wild Oats Market Inc. for an estimated $565 million in hopes of competing with larger food chains that have started to introduce organic and prepared foods to their inventories.

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