The FTC’s Quixotic Pursuit of the Whole Foods/Wild Oats Merger

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Rick Dumas-Eymard, Nov 07, 2007

A little over two months ago, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) challenge of the acquisition by natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods of its rival Wild Oats seemed all but dead in the water. On August 16, 2007 the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction against the merger. While the FTC immediately a