Accounting and Financial Management

Posted: January 6th, 2014

Objective: For this Homework our objective is to apply business learning to the evaluation of a company based on their annual report. At the end of this assignment, you should be better able to analyze a company based on publicly available information. Instructions: Answer the three questions below by analyzing what the Whole Foods Market has accomplished over the past year and their goals and strategies for the future. Here is the web link to their 2007 Annual Report:

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com//investor/ar07.pdf

1. What is the Whole Foods’ Company strategy? What are their Company goals and were they successful in achieving those goals?

2. Would you invest in Whole Foods stock? Why or why not?

3. What recommendations would you make to senior management for the upcoming year?
Note that stating that you have no advice or that management should keep doing what they have been doing is NOT acceptable.

4. List your references according to APA guidelines You are required to use at least one outside source to support your viewpoint and this source can be the textbook.