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In 1978, twenty-five-year-old college dropout John Mackey and twenty-one-year-old Renee Lawson (Hardy), borrowed $45,000 from family and friends to open the doors of a small natural foods store called SaferWay in Austin, Texas.
In two years, they merged SaferWay with Clarksville Natural Grocery run by Mark Skiles and Craig Weller and renamed the business Whole Foods Market. All four (Mackey, Hardy-Lawson, Skiles and Weller) are considered co-founders of the business.
John Mackey, Rene Lawson Hardy, Craig Weller and Mark Skiles. First Store. Austin, Texas, opened Sept. 20,1980, with a staff of 19 team members. Headquarters. 550 Bowie St. Austin, TX 78703 (above flagship store at 525 N. Lamar Blvd.)
Sep 20, 2018 · Without a diploma but newly inspired by the power of organic eating, Mackey and his then girlfriend, Renee Lawson Hardy, decided to go out on their own and open a natural grocery store....
Two years later, Mackey and Lawson partnered with Craig Weller and Mark Skiles to merge SaferWay with the latter's Clarksville Natural Grocery, resulting in the opening of the original Whole Foods Market, which included meat products.
In 1980, Renee and I approached another local natural grocery store, Clarksville Natural Grocery, about joining forces. It was owned by Craig Weller and Mark Skiles. We merged our two stores and the four of us opened the first Whole Foods Market on September 20.
Jun 16, 2017 · 1978: John Mackey and Renee Lawson open a natural foods store in Austin called SaferWay. 1980: After merging SaferWay with Clarksville Natural Grocery, owned by Craig Weller and Mark...
Jun 16, 2017 · Led by co-founder John Mackey, Whole Foods Market quickly grew from a small store in Austin, Tex., to the largest natural-foods supermarket chain in the United States.
Whole Foods Market was founded in Austin, Texas, when three local businessmen decided the natural foods industry was ready for a supermarket format. Our founders were John Mackey and Renee Lawson Hardy, owners of Safer Way Natural Foods, and Craig Weller and Mark Skiles, owners of Clarksville Natural Grocery.
Co-founders included John Mackey and Renee Lawson Hardy, owners of Safer Way Natural Foods, and Craig Weller and Mark Skiles, owners of Clarksville Natural Grocery. The original Whole Foods Market opened in 1980 with a staff of only 19 people. It was an immediate success.
