Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, in this exclusive interview with The New Yorker, says he’s bewildered by the way some things that he has said or done have brought trouble on him and the national natural-food chain. Public opinion can be capricious and—when you’re a grocer, a retail brand, and a publicly traded company—hard to ignore or override.
Whole Foods CEO Stirs Board & More
John Mackey mixes capitalism, corporate governance with organic touch
January 7, 2010
Incredible article! You know, the notable thing to me about the whole buycott/WSJ thing and Mackey posting on forums, etc. etc. is that the WFM stock price seems to keep rising and the demand Whole Foods jobs shows no sign of subsiding. Perhaps all publicity really is good publicity…?