Whole Foods - The Bullies on the Block
Anyone else read the Oregonian's editorial "Special on Chutzpah, Isle Three" from December 3rd?
The article itself has disappeared from oregonlive.com (gee Oregonian only brave to say something
until an advertiser threatens to pull their ads?) Just guessing here.
Fortunately, New Season's CEO copied the article to the New Season's blog.
I highly recommend reading the article in the blog.
http://newseasonsmarket.blogspot.com/
The gyst:
Whole Foods is pressuring New Seasons (and 100 other natural grocery stores in 28 cities) through the FTC to provide their most confidential marketing, sales and growth plans to Whole Foods outside lawyers.
Here's a big heaping cup of WTF?
New Seasons is a healthy, growing, LOCAL based business. I don't see where Whole Foods (who already
gobbled up Wild Oats) has any business bulling New Seasons or anyone else. These local natural grocers don't fall under the FTC because they're privately held companies. FTC regulates publicly held corporations, not private.
New Seasons: don't answer that subpoena. You don't have to share squat with them. Please, just keep doing what you're doing.
Whole Foods: if your business model were awesome you'd do better business in Portland. But, around here you're known as "Whole Paycheck", not to mention your employees look tired and unhappy (Could it be you're lining your CEO's pockets, and increasing 'shareholder value' by squeezing the lower people in your corporate structure? Probably.) Not exactly a business model Portlander's with an ability to choose their specialty grocers want to see. If you don't make it in Portland's market it won't be because of New Seasons or any of the food co-ops, it will be due to your own greedy, bulling nature.
The article itself has disappeared from oregonlive.com (gee Oregonian only brave to say something
until an advertiser threatens to pull their ads?) Just guessing here.
Fortunately, New Season's CEO copied the article to the New Season's blog.
I highly recommend reading the article in the blog.
http://newseasonsmarket.blogspot.com/
The gyst:
Whole Foods is pressuring New Seasons (and 100 other natural grocery stores in 28 cities) through the FTC to provide their most confidential marketing, sales and growth plans to Whole Foods outside lawyers.
Here's a big heaping cup of WTF?
New Seasons is a healthy, growing, LOCAL based business. I don't see where Whole Foods (who already
gobbled up Wild Oats) has any business bulling New Seasons or anyone else. These local natural grocers don't fall under the FTC because they're privately held companies. FTC regulates publicly held corporations, not private.
New Seasons: don't answer that subpoena. You don't have to share squat with them. Please, just keep doing what you're doing.
Whole Foods: if your business model were awesome you'd do better business in Portland. But, around here you're known as "Whole Paycheck", not to mention your employees look tired and unhappy (Could it be you're lining your CEO's pockets, and increasing 'shareholder value' by squeezing the lower people in your corporate structure? Probably.) Not exactly a business model Portlander's with an ability to choose their specialty grocers want to see. If you don't make it in Portland's market it won't be because of New Seasons or any of the food co-ops, it will be due to your own greedy, bulling nature.