Whole Foods United States

Whole Foods United States opened its first grocery store in 1980, engaged in retail of organic and natural foods. Wholefoods has now expanded to more than 490 stores in United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. In 2005, Whole Foods opened its 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m2) flagship store in downtown Austin.

In the financial year 2017, the company achieved a total turnover of €13.6 billion. With the cooperation and dedication of its 89,000 employees, the firm is able to run its business smoothly.  

The company is looking for products for the different categories:

• Dairy: Yoghurt, Cheese, Butter, Milk, Eggs
• Frozen Food: Frozen fruits, meat, seafood,ice cream
• Drinks: Wine, Spirits, Beer, Juice, Coconut Water
• Sweet Grocery: Maple Syrup, Almond Butter
• Savory Grocery: Breads, Snacks, Salsa, Dips, oil

Also considered as America’s healthiest grocery store, Whole Foods is the first certified organic grocery in United States that offers a variety of exclusive foods without:

• Artificial preservatives
• Colors
• Flavors
• Sweeteners
• Hydrogenated fats

The company also has its own brand known as 365 Everyday Value where it offers a range of organic and natural products such as organic milk, frozen vegetables and whole grain flour at reasonable prices. 

Whole Foods Market Brand

Whole Foods Market develops the most unique and exquisite products from small batch, artisan recipes to exotic flavors.

Whole Trade

Whole Trade offers high quality and 3rd-Party certified seasonal products.

The company also offers the facility to shop online. 

Whole Foods Market exposes only quality standards products and USDA-certified organic foods that aim to be environmentally friendly and ecologically responsible.

Recently one of the largest group in United States, Amazon, has bought Wholefoods in June 2017, but the stores will still continue to operate under the same name and its founder Mr John Mackey will still stay on the lead as CEO of Whole Foods. 

In order to collaborate with Whole foods market as a supplier, one should have the following characteristics:

• Transparency
• Clear Communication
• Trend and data driven
• Innovative product offerings
• Willingness to offer exclusivity

United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI), a wholesaler purchases all the private label products of from the suppliers and then sells its back to Whole foods market. UNFI uses 15 warehouses in order to supply to all the points of sale.

In the year 2015, the firm partnered with Infor to redesign the cloud based retail management solution, thus allowing the grocer to run its business faster and providing a better customer experience.

In fact, the objective of the retailer is to promote expansion by opening 1200 stores .