Whole Foods Dismisses Rumor it Plans to Go Private

Whole Foods Market Inc. said don’t listen to rumors that the company is looking for a buyer. “Recent rumor and speculation regarding the possibility of Whole Foods Market going private are exactly that – just rumor and speculation,” Spokesperson Michael Silverman told MarketWatch. Co-founder and co-chief executive officer John Mackey also responded to the chatter in a interview with the Austin American-Statesman earlier this week. “I don’t know where all these ‘going private’ rumors come from,” he told the newspaper. “We don’t have any announcements. We are not working on anything. It’s just rumors.”