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The Whole Foods Internet gremlin: Take 2

The Federal Trade Commission's case against Whole Foods Market's plan to acquire a key competitor, Wild Oats Markets, has focused attention on the bizarre Internet postings of Whole Foods CEO John Mackey. It seems that for years, Mackey was trash-talking Wild Oats and talking up Whole Foods on Yahoo message boards, using the alias Rahodeb.

Want to read more? The FTC is obliging. Today, it posted a whole slew of documents in the case. To read more of Rahodeb's gems, click 1, 2 or 3. To peruse the list of exhibits, click here.

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Jeff Gelles is a Philadelphia Inquirer business reporter, and writer of The Inquirer's "Consumer Watch" column. Read some of his recent work here.


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