As Whole Foods accelerates its U.S. expansion, the organic grocery chain plans to take a “good hard look” at parts of the Fresh & Easy chain that British retailer Tesco is divesting in California, Whole Foods co-Chief Executive Walter Robb told MarketWatch.
“We will certainly be taking a look at it,” Robb said in a phone interview after the grocer’s upbeat May 7 earnings report.
He said there are no assurances Whole Foods would offer to acquire one or more of the sites.
There will be competition. Tesco said in mid-April it’s received “lots of interest” from potential buyers, with some keen on buying the entire business.
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