Whole Foods Market® Cleans Up Broad Creek with The Outside Foundation

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (March 15th, 2016) —Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) Hilton Head Island participated in The Outside Foundation’s Kayak Clean-Up of the Broad River on Sunday, March 13th. A group of five Whole Foods Market Team Members boarded kayaks for four hours of adventure and clean-up. Between the Whole FoodsMarket team and the other volunteers, over 300 pounds of litter and debris was collected. All items were recycled or brought to the landfill. Items collected included a pillow, kitchen cabinet, plastic Adirondack chair, beer cans, Styrofoam and much more.

Whole Foods Market Hilton Head Island looks forward to volunteering at the quarterly kayak clean-ups and invites our Team Members as well as the community to join in to help keep our water clean.

About Whole Foods Market® Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com, NASDAQ: WFM), is the leading natural and organic food retailer. As America’s first national certified organic grocer,Whole Foods Market was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” by Health magazine. The company's motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures its mission to ensure customer satisfaction and health, Team Member excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to the company’s more than 80,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine for 17 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2013, the company had sales of $12.9 billion and currently has more than 380 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.