Company:  WHOLE FOODS MARKET INC (WFMI)
Form Type:  10-K
Filing Date:  11/26/2008 
CIK:  0000865436 
Address:  550 BOWIE STREET 
City, State, Zip:  AUSTIN, Texas 78703 
Telephone:  (512) 477-4455 
Fiscal Year:  09/30 
Last Trade
Last Trade: 
$26.36  
Change: 
-0.61 (-2.26%)  
Trade Time: 
Nov 20  
Market Cap: 
$3.70B
Description of Business
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  FORM 10-K
    PART I
      Item 1. Business.
        NAME AND TITLE
      Item 1A. Risk Factors.
      Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
      Item 2. Properties.
      Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
      Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security ...
    PART II
      Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related ...
      Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
      Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial ...
        Results of Operations
        Liquidity and Capital Resources
      Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About ...
      Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
        Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
        Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on ...
        BALANCE SHEET
        INCOME STATEMENT
        STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
        CASH FLOW
        Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
      Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on ...
      Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
      Item 9B. Other Information.
    PART III
      Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.
      Item 11. Executive Compensation.
      Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners ...
      Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
      Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
    PART IV
      Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
    SIGNATURES
  EXHIBIT 12.1
    RATIO COMPUTATION
  EXHIBIT 21.1
    SUBSIDIARIES
  EXHIBIT 23.1
    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  EXHIBIT 31.1
  EXHIBIT 31.2
  EXHIBIT 32.1
  EXHIBIT 32.2