NEW YORK (AP) — Online juggernaut Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at about $13.7 billion, including debt. Amazon.com Inc. will pay $42 per share of Whole Foods Market Inc. The deal is targeted to close in the second half of the year.
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Whole Foods recalls curry chicken and deli pasta salads
BOSTON — Whole Foods Market has recalled curry chicken salad and deli pasta salad sold in its stores in seven Northeast states because of possible listeria contamination. The salads sold in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey were sold prepackaged, in salad bars, in chef’s cases and in sandwiches […]
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Whole Foods to cut 1,500 jobs
NEW YORK — Grocery chain Whole Foods is cutting about 1,500 jobs over the next eight weeks as it looks to lower prices and keep up with competition. Whole Foods has a store in Portland. The cuts represent about 1.6 percent of its workforce. But Whole Foods Market Inc. said in a regulatory filing on […]
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Down East Maine producer of Kelp Krunch, Dulse seaweed products plans $1.5M expansion
By next summer, Maine Coast Sea Vegetables plans to move from Franklin to Ellsworth, into twice the space with better access to transportation. Its products are sold under the brands Kelp Krunch, Sea Seasonings, Dulse and others. Its sheets of nori are used as wraps for sushi and California rolls. With its products in Whole […]