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To: epicure who wrote (12163)	6/6/2007 12:18:59 PM
From: Ron	Read Replies (1) of 51749

a few more interesting comments re: WFMI and OATS I notice that Whole Foods efforts to buy the Whole Oats grocery operation is running into regulatory headwinds. The FTC says that the resulting group would control too much of the natural/organic foods marketspace and might raise prices. But wait! Something doesn't smell right. Where was the FTC when Safeway was doing acquisitions, or any of the other big grocery outfits? Deep down inside I wonder "Gee, is that a legit reason to prevent a merger? It would be like saying "West Marine couldn't buy Bass Pro Shops because they'd control too much of the fishing line market..." That'd be crazy, right? The real reason I expect is that Whole Foods has found that consumers are willing to pay a little more for healthy/high quality/organic foods and the institutionalized/factory farm corps don't want the safe food sector to grow faster than them. Whole Foods seems to be exploiting an opportunity to grow their business. And the instrument of the corporatist status quo is "regulators". urbansurvival.com

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