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Whole Foods' John Mackey to keynote Winter Fancy Food Show |
10.26.2012
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John Mackey, co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Winter Fancy Food Show. Set for Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 8:30 a.m., the speech will be free to show attendees.
The first 200 attendees will receive a free copy of Mackey's new book, "Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business." The session is presented by the National Assn. for the Specialty Food Trade, Inc. (NASFT), and the Social Venture Network.
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"Mackey has helped change the face of natural and organic as well as specialty food retailing," says NASFT President Ann Daw. "With unprecedented interest among food entrepreneurs and consumers in socially conscious enterprises, he is sure to provide insight into what it means to make a difference through business."
Mackey co-founded Whole Foods Market in 1980 as a single store with 19 Team Members in Austin, Texas, and helped build it into a publicly-held chain of more than 335 stores.
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