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The Shelf Life of John Mackey by Tom Foster
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The Shelf Life of John Mackey

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Length 42 minutes
Language English
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In partnership with Texas Monthly, Tom Foster's "The Shelf Life of John Mackey" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program.

On June 16, 2017, Whole Foods agreed to sell itself to Amazon for $13.7 billion. This is the exclusive story that led up to that momentous decision for the Austin-based grocery giant.

Whole Foods' eccentric founder changed the way Americans consume food. Can he survive the Wall Street forces that now want to consume him?

A long-time New York magazine editor, TOM FOSTER relocated to Austin in 2014. He is an Editor at Large at Inc. Magazine and Texas Monthly, as well as a Contributing Editor at Popular Science.

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