Whole Foods Market acquires Fresh & Wild Holdings

US organic food supermarket chain Whole Foods Market has announced the acquisition of British-based Fresh & Wild Holdings Ltd in a deal worth approximately US$38 million. The transaction is expected to close at the end of February. Fresh & Wild owns and operates six natural and organic food stores in the London area and one in Bristol. This is WFM's first acquistion outside North America where it operates 135 stores in the USA and Canada.