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Video Summary Of The Video: Whole Food The Organic Products

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After watching the video, I know about how Whole Food get the organic products and what problems they are facing. Everyone knows Whole Food is one of the biggest company in the U.S, even though it can be survived the recession but has seen steady growth since 2009, but I don't think that its business model can sustain in the longer term. In my opinion, first, competition is one of the biggest challenges; second, in order to adapt to the tendency of economic cannot without any change. As we know, Whole Food's headquarters located in Austin, Texas. Central Market, one of the competitors, located in Austin and offers natural, organic products as well; and it's a lot of cheaper than Whole Food. The tendency is changing all

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