Whole Foods Market
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Whole Foods Market is a U.S.-based supermarket chain specializing in natural and organic foods, known for its high-quality standards and focus on health-conscious products.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whole Foods Market canonical | 18 |
| Whole Foods Market, Inc. | 2 |
| 365 by Whole Foods Market (discontinued value format) | 1 |
| Whole Foods Market 365 stores | 1 |
| Whole Foods Market stores | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T241595 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whole Foods Market Context triple: [Amazon, hasSubsidiary, Whole Foods Market]
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A.
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
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B.
Harvard Coop
Harvard Coop is a historic, student-oriented bookstore and cooperative retail store serving the Harvard University community in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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C.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. was a major American retail company and mail-order catalog pioneer that became one of the largest and most influential department store chains in the United States.
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D.
Nordstrom
Nordstrom is a leading American luxury department store chain known for its high-end fashion, quality customer service, and nationwide retail presence.
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E.
Starbucks
Starbucks is a global coffeehouse chain and coffee roastery brand known for its specialty coffee drinks and widespread presence in cities around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whole Foods Market Target entity description: Whole Foods Market is a U.S.-based supermarket chain specializing in natural and organic foods, known for its high-quality standards and focus on health-conscious products.
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A.
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
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B.
Harvard Coop
Harvard Coop is a historic, student-oriented bookstore and cooperative retail store serving the Harvard University community in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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C.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. was a major American retail company and mail-order catalog pioneer that became one of the largest and most influential department store chains in the United States.
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D.
Nordstrom
Nordstrom is a leading American luxury department store chain known for its high-end fashion, quality customer service, and nationwide retail presence.
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E.
Starbucks
Starbucks is a global coffeehouse chain and coffee roastery brand known for its specialty coffee drinks and widespread presence in cities around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
publicly traded company (former)
ⓘ
retail company ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ supermarket chain ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Amazon
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazon.com, Inc.
|
| acquisitionDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| acquisitionValue | approximately 13.7 billion US dollars ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| emphasizesPolicy |
no artificial colors in store-brand foods
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no artificial flavors in store-brand foods ⓘ no artificial preservatives in store-brand foods ⓘ no hydrogenated fats in store-brand foods ⓘ |
| focusesOn | health-conscious products ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Craig Weller
ⓘ
John Mackey ⓘ Mark Skiles ⓘ Renee Lawson Hardy ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
Austin
ⓘ
surface form:
Austin, Texas
|
| hasNotableFeature |
emphasis on environmental sustainability
ⓘ
extensive prepared foods and salad bars ⓘ focus on organic certification standards ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
365 Everyday Value private label brand
ⓘ
Prime member discounts (through Amazon) ⓘ Whole Trade Guarantee (ethical sourcing program) ⓘ |
| hasSlogan | America’s Healthiest Grocery Store (used slogan) ⓘ |
| hasStoreFormat |
Whole Foods Market
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
365 by Whole Foods Market (discontinued value format)
full-size supermarkets ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| headquartersLocation |
Austin
ⓘ
surface form:
Austin, Texas
|
| inception | 1980 ⓘ |
| industry |
grocery
ⓘ
retail ⓘ supermarkets ⓘ |
| knownFor | high-quality standards ⓘ |
| offersProductCategory |
bakery items
ⓘ
bulk foods ⓘ dairy products ⓘ fresh produce ⓘ household products ⓘ meat and seafood ⓘ natural body care products ⓘ prepared foods ⓘ vitamins and supplements ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Canada
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| parentOrganization |
Amazon
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazon.com, Inc.
|
| specializesIn |
natural foods
ⓘ
organic foods ⓘ |
| stockExchange |
NASDAQ
ⓘ
surface form:
NASDAQ (former)
|
| tickerSymbol | WFM (former) ⓘ |
| website | https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Whole Foods Market Description of subject: Whole Foods Market is a U.S.-based supermarket chain specializing in natural and organic foods, known for its high-quality standards and focus on health-conscious products.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
365 by Whole Foods Market (discontinued value format)
this entity surface form:
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
this entity surface form:
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
subject surface form:
365 Everyday Value
subject surface form:
365 Everyday Value
subject surface form:
365 Everyday Value
this entity surface form:
Whole Foods Market stores
subject surface form:
365 Everyday Value
this entity surface form:
Whole Foods Market 365 stores
subject surface form:
Whole Trade Guarantee
subject surface form:
Whole Trade Guarantee