Wednesday, May 7, 2014 was Bloody Wednesday for the natural foods industry on Wall Street.  Following Whole Foods’ disappointing quarterly earnings report after the market closed on Tuesday, WFM shares plummeted 19% on Wednesday, dragging Sprouts (SFM) shares down 12% as well – even though Sprouts did not report its quarterly earnings until after the market closed on Wednesday, and actually announced a positive earnings surprise.

I was interviewed about this on the NPR program “Here and Now” with Steve Goldstein on KJZZ-FM in Phoenix.  Here’s the 5-minute interview