For posterity's sake, the Original (successful) Metro-wide Petition:
This
petition went live on August 22, 2007

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Let's Kick Some Austin Butt!

It's funny that I didn't realize that Austin was doing the same thing on the same website when I created our petition. We even used the same language in the title. Creepy!

What's more, their effort has been going on since 2006. They had about 1200 signatures on July 31st of this year. Then an article came out http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070731/BIZ/707310322/1001 that discussed Whole Foods versus Trader Joe's (with regard to the proposed merger of Whole Foods and Wild Oats and the Whole Foods claim that Trader Joe's is the chain's most serious competition).

The article profiled the Austin petition because it just happens to be the home base for Whole Foods. Since the article came out, their petition has blossomed to over 2200 signatures.

Let's kick their butt!

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