Yet another twist in this Story of New Seasons being dragged kicking and screaming into the middle of the FTC fight over Whole Foods take over of Wild Oats, it looks like they have come to an agreement on the subpoena's ordering New Seasons to give over their financial records to ther competitor on a case not directly related to them. The type of information they wanted, I think, would have spelt doom for this small local chain. But now it appears that they have won a compromise over just how much information they have to give over.
See:
Portland Food & Drink: New Seasons Comes to Agreement with Whole Foods… and more
Gourmet Magazine: Politics of the Plate: Market Forces
Oregon Live: Judge tells New Seasons to obey subpoena, hand over data
Oregon Live: FTC seeks halt to Whole Foods and Wild Oats combo
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