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34
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Whole Foods Market, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Whole Foods Market, Inc. as of September 29, 2013 and
September 30, 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 29, 2013. These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position
of Whole Foods Market, Inc. at September 29, 2013 and September 30, 2012, and the consolidated results of its operations and
its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 29, 2013, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States),
Whole Foods Market, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of September 29, 2013, based on criteria established in
Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
(1992 framework) and our report dated November 22, 2013 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Austin, TX
November 22, 2013