At a lot of companies founded on principles, the notion of making money is almost antithetical to the ethos of the place.… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The more profit we make, the more stores we can open, the more donations we can make to our community, the more… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I really think people should live to be 100 years old pretty much disease-free. I think that's our genetic potential. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I always like to say that our brand or our philosophy has always been kind of this marriage between the 'food as… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Healthier team members get a bigger food discount. We give our sickest team members an option to go through what we call… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
When we start a new store, we make sure that we transfer enough starter culture from other stores that are already Whole… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I believe our philosophy of conscious capitalism will eventually be widely adopted primarily because it is a better way to do business,… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
People need to eat whole food plant foods, primarily... whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. That diet supports our lives. We… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
We believe that business is good because it creates value. It is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange; it is… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health-care problems. It's the most important solution. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Examine our every action through the lens of how we would feel if it were to become front page news. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
While we clearly need health-care reform, the last thing our country needs is a massive new health-care entitlement that will create hundreds… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
One of the most important things we do is we've organized our stores and our workforce into teams. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
At Whole Foods, we allow our team members to vote on what benefits they most want the company to fund. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
They said our first store in Austin would not work. Then they said it would not work outside Austin, that it would… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I'm a huge NBA fan and watch many games each year. Following any sport is kind of bringing us back to our… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
We do take seriously our responsibility, and growing ability, to educate people about healthy eating and giving them greater access to nourishing… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
We wanted to preserve as many jobs as possible, so when our sales continued to decline in August 2008, we did about… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The world is getting more connected through technology and travel. Cuisines are evolving. Some people are scared of globalization, but I think people will… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The way most people approach business - and the way they mostly teach in business school - involves the analytical mind. It divides it… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
“I realized that with everything I did from that point onward, I would have to ask myself this question: "How would I feel if… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
At a lot of companies founded on principles, the notion of making money is almost antithetical to the ethos of the place. From the… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I think it's absolutely essential that the people that work for a company need to feel that they're part of something bigger - that… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
If you have a mental model that says big corporations are fundamentally greedy and selfish and exploitative, you don't really want to have an… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The great thing about a culture is that once you really get it going, it evolves on its own. It's self-organizing. It's dynamic. It… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
A healthy society rests on three pillars: business, government and civil society, or non-profits. Each has a distinct and important role to play, and… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Human beings are made up of many different values, and sometimes those values are in tension with each other. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I was looking for the meaning of life when I was in college. And my deal with my dad was as long as I… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week,… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Free enterprise capitalism has been the most powerful creative system of social cooperation and human progress ever conceived, but its perception and its role… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
