Whole Foods Market Plans Second Tennessee Location

ATLANTA (November 20, 2007) Whole Foods Market® (NASDAQ: WFMI) and Southern Land Company, LLC plan for a new store development in Franklin, Tennessee.

The new store will be the second Whole Foods Market–the fourth store for the company including Wild Oats Markets–in the state of Tennessee. The new Franklin location will be a part of the McEwan Town Center development being built by Southern Land, LLC and will occupy approximately 45,000 square feet of retail space. No opening date has been announced.

Scott Allshouse, regional president for Whole Foods Market South Region said, “Franklin is a great fit for Whole Foods Market, as we already know with the success of our Wild Oats store.” “It’s an exciting opportunity for us to be bringing a second Whole Foods Market to the state, and the Franklin community is really going to love this store.”

Whole Foods Market is a full-service grocery store offering the highest quality natural and organic foods that customers may not find anywhere else – such as fresh-baked artisan breads, special cheeses from around the world, fresh local produce and the highest quality natural meats available. Combine great-tasting food with outstanding customer service and the result is a pleasantly atypical grocery shopping experience.

About Whole Foods Market®
Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (www.wholefoodsmarket.com) is the world’s leading natural and organic foods supermarket and America’s first national certified organic grocer. In fiscal year 2006, the company had sales of $5.6 billion and currently has more than 270 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Whole Foods Market motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures the company’s mission to find success in customer satisfaction and wellness, employee excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Whole Foods Market, Fresh & Wild^TM, and Harry’s Farmers Market® are trademarks owned by Whole Foods Market IP, LP. Wild Oats® and Capers Community Market^TM are trademarks owned by Wild Marks, Inc. Whole Foods Market employs more than 50,000 Team Members and has been ranked for ten consecutive years as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine.