Green Equity Investors V has bought 17 percent of the grocery chain for $425 million, sending shares up nearly 22 percent.

After years of building bigger grocery stores, retailers are experimenting with radically smaller ones.

After years of building bigger stores, retailers are experimenting with radically smaller grocery stores.

Scrambling to contain fallout from a recall that threatens its reputation for quality, Whole Foods said it would tighten oversight of suppliers to keep unsafe products out stores.

Retail chains are seizing a chance to bolster their environmental credentials — and gain a tax advantage as well — by installing solar panels on their roofs.

Whole Foods said its net income dropped more than 30 percent due to costs related to its proposed acquisition of Wild Oats and the slowdown in consumer spending.

Whole Foods said its net income dropped more than 30 percent due to costs related to its proposed acquisition of Wild Oats and the slowdown in consumer spending.

Whole Foods Market is on a mission to revise its gold-plated image, working to convince consumers it can be an economical place to shop.

The marriage between Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats Markets was thrown into doubt again by a federal appeals court.

A U.S. appeals court reversed a lower court decision that allowed Whole Foods Market’s purchase of rival Wild Oats Markets to proceed over the objections of antitrust authorities.