Whole Foods supermarket chain buying Amrion for $146 mil. in stock.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
WHOLE FOODS MARKET BUYING AMRION FOR $146 MIL. IN STOCK SWAP, the companies announced June 9. With the acquisition, Austin, Tex.-based Whole Foods, the largest natural food supermarket chain in the U.S., adds a direct marketer of nutritional supplements with 1996 sales of $54.3 mil. The purchase is expected to be completed in September.
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