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= 25 Random Whole Foods Market things by Winnie Hsia.

We thought we’d get in on the fun and post our own “25 Random Things” list. How many of these did you know about us? Do you have a favorite fact about us that has missed our list?

1. Several times a year, our stores hold community giving days (known as “5% Days”) where five percent of that day’s net sales are donated to a local nonprofit or educational organization.
2. Margaret Wittenberg, our Vice President of Global Quality Standards and Public Affairs, was the only retail representative on the board which created the U.S. National Organic Standards.
3. We stopped using disposable plastic bags at checkout on Earth Day 2008, keeping 150 million plastic bags out of the landfills since then.
4. We started with 19 Team Members in 1980, and several of them are still with us!
5. An old joke about our first store was that people confused it for a Volkswagen car dealership because of all the VW Beetles in the parking lot.

MikeZ – “nothing but the whole story and the food story – TGIF”

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