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Whole Foods Market(R) Selects Expesite to Help Manage Growth for World's Leading Natural and Organic Food Retailer

Posted on: Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 12:00 CDT

Expesite announced that Whole Foods Market, the world's leading natural and organic foods supermarket and a Fortune 500 company, has selected Expesite's web-based project management tool to streamline its expansion efforts.

Whole Foods Market will rely on Expesite to simplify and standardize a wide range of processes related to its growth in the next three years. Specifically, Expesite will enable Whole Foods Market to manage store expansions and openings and exchange project information and communicate with contractors, suppliers and its own departments through a centralized platform. The web tool will improve efficiency and allow multiple parties - corporate users and third party consultants - to access the system and collaborate on milestones and action items.

It is anticipated that all new locations and remodels will be managed annually through the Expesite platform. Previously, projects were managed with spreadsheets and other types of documents.

Whole Foods Market not only chose Expesite because of the functionality and features, but also because it offers a secure and very customizable application. In addition, Expesite customized features to fit the specific needs of Whole Foods Market's development department.

"We are very excited to partner with Whole Foods Market and support the growth of this remarkably successful Fortune 500 company," said Alex Kirk, Senior Vice President of Expesite. "We look forward to streamlining the Whole Foods Market development process to help the company fulfill its strategic vision and to ensure timely delivery of their complex and beautiful stores."

Founded in 1980 as one small store in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market is a Fortune 500 company and the largest natural and organic foods retailer. The Company had sales of $4.7 billion in fiscal year 2005 and currently has 184 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Founded in 1999, Expesite LLC., a private Columbus-based company, provides software and services for multi-unit construction and real estate development valued at over $5.5 billion. The company serves multi-unit restaurant, retail, petroleum and c-store owners, as well as commercial/residential real estate development, banking/financial, and local and state government services. Considered a world-class leader in program and project management, Expesite streamlines communication and accelerates project delivery. Please visit www.expesite.com to learn more.

Source: Business Wire

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