date:May 09, 2013
Whole Foods Market here said Tuesday that improving results at larger stores between five and eight years old may prompt it to consider opening stores of mixed sizes going forward.
Locations that Whole Foods opened between 2007 and 2009 are still comping strongly as they get older, John Mackey, chairman and co-chief executive officer, told analysts, and they have higher long-term potential than smaller stores because they offer more parking, less spoilage and greater efficiencies. Many of those