Walter Robb

Now is a very difficult time to be a retailer and grocer, but it also represents an opportunity for innovative companies to "step up" and better serve customers, ex-Whole Foods co-CEO Walter Robb said on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street." What Happened The COVID-19 pandemic...

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) reported its Q4 results, with the traffic and comps missing expectations. Deutsche Bank’s Shane Higgins maintains a Hold rating on the company, while lowering the price target from $32 to $29. The company reported its Q4 WPS at $0.28, beating the...

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM)'s much anticipated new store concept called "365" was unveiled Wednesday. The company's co-CEO Walter Robb was interviewed by CNBC's Jane Wells, who described the new initiative as being a "big gamble" for the company. Wells noted that the new 365 stores are...

After exploding onto the grocery scene as a market darling, Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) has hit some stumbling blocks, as consumers turn to lower-cost retailers to buy organic products. The store has suffered as competitors like Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) and The Kroger...

While some large publicly traded companies such as Wal-Mart and Panera recently dropped its objections to raising the Federal minimum wage (currently $7.25 per hour), others have gone a step further. These five companies are paying above the minimum wage or have announced that they...

On Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) announced the re-launch of Wild Oats organic food items to be available in stores this month. The company said with "a new, more affordable price point on quality products covering a broad variety of categories – from salsa and pasta sauce to quinoa and...

Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) isn't getting the kind of investor attention it may have hoped for this afternoon. The natural foods supermarket chain was hit hard by investors who were less-than-excited by the company's results. "The stock moves around quite a bit, usually around earnings,"...

Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM) co-CEOs John Mackey and Walter Robb appeared on CNBC's Squawk on the Street with host Jim Cramer to discuss the company's future growth from their new store in Brooklyn, which is the first in that area. Currently at 370 stores, Whole Foods is targeting around 1,200...

The stock market apparently likes the food market. At least the Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ: SFM) segment, which doubled and then some Thursday during its first day of trading, according to The Wall Street Journal. Sprouts' share price jumped 123 percent to close at $40.11 after entering...

Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM) released its fiscal third-quarter earnings results after the closing bell on Wednesday. The company beat Wall Street earnings per share estimates, but revenue came up short of expectations. Whole Foods also provided guidance for the fiscal fourth-quarter, raised its 2013...