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Retailer of the Year:
Whole Foods Market |
Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market is the world’s leading natural and organic foods supermarket and America’s first national certified organic grocer. The company currently has more than 270 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and in fiscal year 2006, it had sales of $5.6 billion. In an attempt to change the face of wine purchasing and merchandising within the supermarket format, Whole Foods Market has taken its wine departments to an exciting new level by making them a destination with outstanding customer service, quality, price and variety: Buyers make a point of seeking out wines from regional and even local wineries in addition to the finest national and international brands. From wine tasting stations and Enomatic wine serving systems to inviting department design and complementary food pairings, Whole Foods Market’s wine departments successfully showcase wine in a grocery store setting.
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