Running Head: WHOLE FOODS MARKET SWOT ANALYSIS [pic] DeVry University Tracy Morgan Principals of Management 303 Instructor’s Name: Michelle Dawes Birt Assignment Issue Date: January 2‚ 2011 Assignment Due Date: January 23‚ 2011 Originally‚ Whole Foods Market (WFM) was founded in Austin‚ Texas‚ in 1980 with a staff of 19 people. As soon as the store opened‚ it was an immediate success and there were less than half a dozen natural food supermarkets in the United States. From 1980
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2006‚ Whole Foods had adapted into the “worlds largest retail chain of natural organic foods supermarkets.” Whole Foods rapid growth and achievements is primarily due to being highly selective about what they sell‚ and also maintaining quality standards and integrity. Whole Food’s cited mission statement is to “promote vitality and well-being for all individuals by offering the highest quality‚ least processed‚ and most flavorful natural and naturally preserved foods available. Whole Food’s
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The Strategy Management Process Introduction: Organic food is known for being the healthiest type food on our planet. These foods are produced from the earth naturally without any type of modern synthetic inputs such as pesticides and chemical fertilizers. They also do not contain any genetic modified organisms‚ and are not processed using irradiation‚ industrial solvents‚ or chemical food additives. Whole Foods has been offering these types of foods at all of their locations starting with their
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Strategy for Whole Foods Market Current Strategic Issues 1. How does Whole Foods sustain positive growth in sales? 2. How does Whole Foods cope with the downturn in the economy? 3. How does Whole Foods achieve sustainable competitive advantage? Rationale for Issues One of Whole Foods main strategic issues is how it should sustain positive growth in sales. Sales growth in 2008 was 0.8%‚ compared to sales growth increase of 8.2% in 2007. However‚ much of these low sales growth figures
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Abstract This paper is an analysis of Whole Foods Market’s vision‚ core values‚ and business strategy. It lays out the type of strategy that Whole Foods Market utilizes‚ what parts of this strategy work and what parts could use improvement. This case study analysis concludes that Whole Foods Market has an exceptional business strategy‚ a clear vision‚ and lives by its core values. Their rapid growth and success is primarily due to being highly selective about what they sell‚ as well as being
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COMPANY PROFILE Whole Foods Market‚ Inc. REFERENCE CODE: BD72666B-7DBD-4CB9-A94F-4FDC7997ECA7 PUBLICATION DATE: 30 Mar 2013 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. Whole Foods Market‚ Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts.........................................................
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ปัญหาที่ John Mackey ต้องการจะทราบก็คือ จะทำอย่างไรให้ whole food market สามารถมีrevenue $10 billion และ มีสาขามากกว่า300 สาขาภายในปี 2010 โดยยังคงรักษาคุณภาพในสินค้าและบริการ และชื่อเสียงที่มีอยู่ได้ ซึ่งข้อมูลที่แสดงในปี 2004 พบว่าบริษัทมี revenue $3.86billon และมี 172 สาขาในประเทศอเมริกา แคนาดา และอังกฤษ จากการวิเคราะห์สถานการณ์สภาพแวดล้อมทั้งภายนอกและภายในของ Whole food market ทำให้สามารถนำมาใช้ประเมินตัวเลือกกลยุทธ์ในการดำเนินธุรกิจเพื่อหาทางเลือกที่ดีที่สุดได้ดังนี้ • เนื่องจากลูกค้าเป็นพื้นฐานหลักของความสำเร็จของบริษัท
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Whole Foods Case Analysis 1. The chief elements of the strategy that Whole Foods Market is pursuing are whole foods‚ whole people‚ and whole planet. The whole foods portion describes the type of product being offered. The products are as close to natural as possible. Whole people describe the type of environment the employees have at Whole Foods Market. The employees are treated fairly‚ passionate‚ and highly motivated. Lastly‚ whole planet refers to the responsibility companies and individuals
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1. (a) Whole Foods operates in the organic‚ or natural and specialty foods retail industry. Leading the industry‚ Whole Foods Market is the world ’s most successful natural foods grocery chain. Having recently acquired one of its main competitors‚ Wild Oats Market‚ Whole Foods currently competes with two other large grocery chainsKroger and Trader Joe ’s. The company also acquired Amrion‚ a company specializing in nutraceuticals (natural supplements with pharmaceutical-type benefits)‚ creating
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Home assignment on Whole Foods Market 1. Related products Whole Foods Market only sells products that meet its self-created quality standards for being "natural"‚ which the store defines as: minimally processed foods that are free of hydrogenated fats as well as artificial flavors‚ colors‚ sweeteners‚ preservatives and products that are listed on their online "Unacceptable Food Ingredients" list. Whole Foods Market has also announced that it does not intend to sell meat or milk from cloned animals
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