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<tr><td><b>Comment Number: </b></td><td>540710-00005</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Received: </b></td><td>3/17/2009 2:47:56 PM</td></tr>

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<tr><td><b>Commenter: </b></td><td>Jerry Jacobius</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>State: </b></td><td>CA</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Agency: </b></td><td>Federal Trade Commission</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Rule: </b></td><td>Whole Foods Market, Inc.; Docket No. 9324; Proposed Consent Agreement

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<hr><P><b>Comments:</b></p>I live in Santa Monica, California. I was dismayed to hear that no former Wild Oats stores in California would revert back in my state. Before the combination of of the two entities, Santa Monica (population 80,000+) had 2 small Wild Oates stores and one large Whole Foods store. Since the combination, a new, large Whole Foods has opened one block outside the Santa Monica border in Venice, California. Basically, Santa Monica now has 4 Whole Foods stores with no competition. Wild Oats had sale circulars, in-store specials, and lots of other great deals. Whole Foods has none of these. How is this fair? Why were no Santa Monica stores taken from Whole Foods?</body></html>