March 2010

Topco Seeks to Buy Wild Oats Brand

WASHINGTON — Retailer-owned private-label cooperative Topco Associates, based in Skokie, Ill., is seeking to buy the Wild Oats brand name and other intellectual property from Whole Foods, according to a filing with the Federal Trade Commission here. The filing also lists Fullerton, Calif.-based food-product supplier Luberski Inc. as a potential buyer for the Wild Oats […]

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Whole Foods Divests Another Wild Oats

PORTLAND, Maine — Whole Foods Market has agreed to sell a Wild Oats location here to Trader Joe’s East, according to a filing by the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday seeking comment on the proposed divestiture. Download PDF of Press Release

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Whole Foods to Sell Two Wild Oats Stores

WASHINGTON — Whole Foods Market has found buyers for two of the former Wild Oats stores it must divest by order of the Federal Trade Commission, according to a filing by the FTC here. Download PDF of Press Release

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