Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFM), The Fresh Market Inc (TFM): Organic Does Taste Better

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However, Ingles does own a significant portion of its properties and it also operates a number of fuel stations. Around 35% of its grocery stores have fueling stations, and these fuel stations help increase traffic.

Bottom line

The high demand for organic foods isn’t going away anytime soon, and so the question becomes, what’s the best way to play the market? Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) has the broadest reach and appears to be investors’ best bet. The company is trading inline with The Fresh Market Inc (NASDAQ:TFM) at 38 times earnings, but analysts expects Whole Foods to grow EPS at an annualized 19% over the next five years. I like entire organic-foods retail industry for the long term.

Marshall Hargrave has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends The Fresh Market and Whole Foods Market. The Motley Fool owns shares of Whole Foods Market.

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