Whole Foods Puts 31 Stores Up for Sale (former Wild Oats)

As part of its ongoing battle with the Federal Trade Commission regarding its 2007 purchase of Wild Oats Markets, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) recently appointed a third party trustee to market for sale the leases and related assets (excluding inventory) for 19 non-operating Wild Oats stores, the leases and related fixed assets (excluding inventory) for 12 currently operating Wild Oats stores, as well as one currently operating Whole Foods Market store. In addition, it has put Wild Oats' registered trademarks and intellectual property up for sale.

The 13 currently operating stores put up for sale are located at 7133 N. Oracle Rd., Tucson, AZ; 8688 E. Raintree Dr., Scottsdale, AZ; 2584 Baseline Rd., Boulder, CO; 1651 Broadway St., Boulder, CO; 3180 New Center Pt., Colorado Springs, CO; 5910 S. University Blvd., Littleton, CO; 9229 N Sheridan Blvd., Westminster, CO; 340 N. Main St., West Hartford, CT; 4301 Main St., Kansas City, MO; 1090 St. Francis Dr., Santa Fe, NM; 7250 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas, NV; 19440 N.W. Cornell Rd., Hillsboro, OR; and 6930 S. Highland Dr., Salt Lake City, UT.

The 19 already-closed stores being marketed for sale are located at 5350 W. Bell Rd., Glendale, AZ; 1422 N. Cooper Rd., Gilbert, AZ; 874 E. Warner Rd., Gilbert, AZ; 9028 W. Union Hills, Peoria, AZ; 13823 N. Tatum Blvd., Phoenix, AZ; 15569 W. Bell Rd., Surprise, AZ; 200 W. Foothills Pkwy., Fort Collins, CO; 8194 S. Kipling Pkwy., Littleton, CO; 6424 Naples Blvd., Naples, FL; 4600 Shelbyville Rd., St. Matthews, KY; 87 Marginal Way, Portland, ME; 8819-8833 Ladue Rd., St. Louis, MO; 7831 Dodge St., Omaha, NE; 517 N. Stephanie St., Henderson, NV; 4879 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV; 5695 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV; 2077 N.E. Burnside St., Portland, OR; 17711 Jean Way, Lake Oswego, OR; and 3736 W. Center Park Dr., West Jordan, UT.