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EXHIBIT 6 Whole Foods’ Quarterly Revenue Growth
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Source: Whole Foods Market Flings
EXHIBIT 7 Stock Price Changes of Leading U.S. Grocers, June 15, 2017 to June 16,
2017 (market capitalization in $ billions)
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Whole Foods 270%+ 13 465
Amazon B1K 476 =
‘Ahold (Giant) -s4%s 26 2,260
Walmart and Sams Club 85% 225 4992
costco -80%s ” sto
Target 84% 28 1807
Sprouts Farmers Market —129%8 3 2m
Kroger* (Harris Teeter) 146% 8 20 2,792
‘Dutch company Ahold Delhaize owns US. grocery chains including Food Lion and delivery service Peapod, Kroger owns
chains Dillons and King Soopers. Costco locations are in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Darla Cameron and Kevin Schaul, The Washington Post
Sources: Bloomberg News, the companies