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WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. PRNewswire
The CtW Investment Group called on the Whole Foods Market (NYSE:WFMI – News) board to remove CEO John Mackey as Chairman and to begin the process of naming a new CEO in a letter to Whole Foods’ lead independent director, Dr. John Elstrott, yesterday afternoon. Citing the risk to Whole Foods’ brand [...]
Boycotts take time. The longer the boycott, the better the focus. From Mashable.com is one result to focus Mr. Mackey’s attention on reality, a ten point swing in brand identity in 10 days. Click on graph to read article.
Over the coming days, WholeBoycott.com will be adding pages to the site to share publicly information on various aspects of boycott activities. Today’s new page is designed to help boycott supporters find real-world boycott events in their community. At the page is a list of communities where meetup groups are underway. If we don’t know [...]
WholeBoycott.com has a Flickr group for you to share photos and videos:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1158303@N25/
Send us images of Whole Foods receipts (personal information marked out!), defaced WF bags, and images of picketing or pamphleteering. Show them you mean business! [Images and text will be moderated, and inappropriate images will be removed, of course.]
Don’t have a Flickr account? Email [...]
Mr. Mackey gets more than he bargained for, and now one of several reasons why the boycott of Whole Foods will work:
From the Economist Magazine, August 18, 2009:
It is no good arguing that consumers are being unreasonable in boycotting the firm: Mr Mackey, who often celebrates the authority of the market as a mechanism for [...]
Austin, TX. Central Market North. 10am. Outdoor deck. NPR correspondent John Burnett will be there to measure the pulse of the group.
John Burnett: Correspondent, National Desk, Austin
Former Whole Foods Shoppers and supporters of the boycott should attend to express your disapointment with Whole Foods Market CEO and Founder, Mr. Mackey. Don’t forget to show your [...]
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