Natural-foods grocer Whole Foods Markets Inc. on Wednesday said that it agreed to acquire smaller rival Wild Oats Markets Inc. for about $565 million, beefing up its store base as it grapples with competition from larger conventional supermarkets.

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Cool. Maybe they can get their supply chain scale of economy thing kicking and get some of the outrageous prices down. Love my Wild Oats but definately don't shop there exclusively because it is so expensive.