Being Texan
March 22, 2023
The Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket: Bring on the Sweet Sixteen!
Torchy’s flames out, Chili’s cools off, and Chip and Joanna Gaines get fixer-uppered—while H-E-B, Whataburger, and Dr Pepper keep rolling.
Whole Foods
Being Texan
March 21, 2023
The Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket Heats Up in Round Two
The top seeds remain dominant, Mattress Mack scores an upset, and Dairy Queen faces a surprisingly tough test.
Being Texan
March 14, 2023
Texas Monthly Is Crowning a Winner in the Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket. Cast Your Vote!
Which of these 64 iconic Texas businesses is the most beloved? This March Madness, there’s only one way to find out—with your help.
Food & Drink
December 26, 2018
Great Sparkling Wines and Where to Get Them in Texas
Want to start the new year with some brilliant bubbles? Here are some of our current affordable favorites—and one big splurge.
Business
February 16, 2018
What H-E-B’s Acquisition of Favor Means for Both Companies
The venerable grocery chain purchased the food delivery startup for an undisclosed amount.
Business
July 27, 2017
Lidl and Aldi Want to be Your New Supermarket
The two German stores are looking to supplant HEB and Whole Foods in your heart.
Business
June 16, 2017
Amazon is Buying Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion
”Alexa, buy a massive international supermarket chain.”
Business
April 19, 2016
Whole Foods Says It Didn’t Write Homophobic Slur On An Austin Man’s Cake
This is the most complicated that thinking about cake has ever been.
The Daily Post
March 7, 2016
Whole Foods Started Selling Pre-Peeled Oranges, And The Internet Got Self-Righteous About It
The company has since rescinded the oranges, and people with disabilities are disappointed.
Business
February 12, 2016
Whole Foods Is Considering Adding Tattoo Parlors To Its New Line Of Stores
Today in ”Sure, why not?”: Some 365 by Whole Foods stores will apparently offer tattoos.
Business
April 29, 2015
Whole Foods Takes a Side in Baltimore
It’s rare for a major corporation to get involved in a contentious, racially charged political protest, but the Austin-based supermarket chain decided to take a side in Baltimore.
Business
February 14, 2014
Texas Business Report: Dr Pepper Weathers the Soda Slump
Trinity East Energy sues Dallas, Whole Foods' stock takes a dip, and more from the week in business.
Business
June 21, 2013
Texas Business Report: Men’s Warehouse Ousts Its Founder, “I Guarantee It” George Zimmer
The Houston-based says it has dismissed George Zimmer, its founder and executive chairman. The company didn't give a reason for the abrupt firing of Zimmer, who built Men's Wearhouse from one small Texas store using a cigar box as a cash register to a men's retail empire.
Business
January 29, 2013
Texas Business Report: Dell May Go Private
The company's stocks shot up thirteen percent on news that CEO Michael Dell might work with private investors to buyout shareholders.
Business
January 21, 2013
Texas Business Report: Austin Gets a Med School
The University of Texas Board of Regents approved plans for a medical school in the city, which could generate up to $2 billion for the local economy.
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Trader Joe’s Announces Austin Location
Trader Joe's confirms plans to open a store in the almost-literal shadow of the flagship Whole Foods in Austin.
Business
January 21, 2013
Whole Foods Saves Detroit?
The Austin grocery chain will open up a store in the Motor City's slowly revitalizing Midtown neighborhood next year.
The Culture
January 20, 2013
151–175
From the construction of the state’s first public university in College Station to the swearing in of Governor Rick Perry for a third full term in Austin
Business
January 1, 2013
Green Is Good, Green Is Right
The founder of Whole Foods Market on conscious capitalism and eating healthy.
Business
August 24, 2012
Samsung Pumps $4B into Austin Plant
The technology giant's investment is “the largest in size to be made by a foreign company in Texas.”
Food & Drink
March 14, 2012
Whole Foods Unveils New Digital, Online Magazine
Whole Foods Market is wading into the publishing business and expanding its food-lifestyle empire to include a new digital monthly magazine called Dark Rye.
February 3, 2012
Win the Weekend: Was Willie’s Case Ever Settled?
Vince Young on Dancing with the Stars, Whole Foods ends rumors of a Monsanto buyout, and Harold Simmons will make it rain for Republicans.
Politics & Policy
December 15, 2011
Are You a Whole Foods Voter or a Cracker Barrel Voter?
The Washington Post tries to put a fresh spin on the old red vs. blue divide by studying the voting habits of people who live close to one of the two retail chains.
Business
March 1, 2005
John Mackey
“I used to resent the fact that people romanticize Whole Foods. I always wanted to shake them and say, ‘Gosh, we’re just a grocery store!’ ”
Business
April 30, 1999
Whole Sales
As the nation’s largest chain of natural and organic foods supermarkets, Austin-based Whole Foods Market is where the trendy buy such necessities as tea tree oil toothpaste. But now patrons no longer have to shop in person to make a statement. In late March WholeFoods.com opened for business, offering some
Business
September 30, 1998
Pay Check
Michael Dell earned nearly $34 million in 1997. Was he worth it? Find out in our roundup of the most overpaid and underpaid CEOs in Texas.
Food & Drink
August 31, 1996
Food • John Mackey
Ace in the Whole.