Billionaire investor Burkle bets on Whole Foods

Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:01:49 -0500

Billionaire investor Burkle bets on Whole Foods

The investment fund run by Ron Burkle, who made a fortune investing in
supermarkets, hopes to find another payoff in Whole Foods Market, the
high-priced organic grocery chain that has fallen on hard times. See
full
story.

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