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Podcast: The Insatiable Appetite
Episode: Whole Foods Market and Its Outsized Influence on Food Culture
Description: In this podcast, we discuss how co-founder John Mackey’s retirement from Whole Foods Market is a good reminder to recount the chain’s outsized influence on trends ranging from clean product standards to organics, GMOs and animal and employee welfare. From its involvement in establishing organic standards to sustainability efforts at retail like banning plastic bags, our analysts discuss how, since the 1980s, Whole Foods has been ahead of the curve in terms of the retail marketplace and its alignment with trends in consumer food culture. If you like these insights, subscribe to our fr...