Produced is displayed at a Whole Foods Market Inc. store in Oakland, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Whole Foods Market Inc. released earnings figures following the close of U.S. financial markets today. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPhotograph by David Paul Morris — Bloomberg via Getty Images
Whole Foods helped create the market for natural, healthy food—and in doing so “set a standard for grocery stores,” says New York University food studies, nutrition, and public health professor Marion Nestle. The Austin-based grocer prompted giants from Walmart to Kroger to up their organic game. Whole Foods continues to push for change through initiatives like its animal-welfare standards, its refusal to sell overfished seafood, and its requirement that all products it sells containing genetically modified ingredients be labeled as such by 2018.
Company Info
Sector | Retailing |
Industry | Food & Drug Stores |
Country | U.S. |
Revenues ($ millions) | 14,194 |
Company type | Public |
CEO | John P. Mackey/Walter E. Robb |
Website | www.wholefoodsmarket.com |
Impact Segment | Public Health/Nutrition |
Fortune Rankings
Fortune 500 Rank | 214 |
Fortune 500 Profile | fortune.com/fortune500/whole-foods-market-214 |
Most Powerful Women Rank | - |
Most Powerful Women Profile | - |
World's Greatest Leaders Rank | 49 |
World's Greatest Leaders Profile | fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/john-mackey-49/ |