By Jacklet, Ben THIRTY YEARS AGO, Brian Rohter and his colleagues in the organic food business were widely considered a fringe group. "Now you can buy organic food everywhere," says Rohter, CEO of privately held, Portland-based New Seasons Market.

By Jonathan Brinckman, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Feb. 22--The story slugged PO-WHOLE-FOODS, moved by McClatchy-Tribune Business News for Feb. 22, gave an inaccurate count of Wild Oats Market stores in Oregon. Wild Oats Markets has six stores in Oregon and one in Southwest Washington.

By Jonathan Brinckman, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Feb. 22--Whole Foods Market Inc., the Austin, Texas-based natural foods grocery giant with two stores in the Portland area, announced Wednesday that it is spending about $565 million to acquire Boulder, Colo.-based Wild Oats Markets.

By Wade Nkrumah, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Feb. 21--Gwen Smith's desire to eat more healthfully started at Wild Oats Natural Marketplace on Southeast Division Street. Last week she made a rare stop at Wild Oats, and just in time: The store closed for good on Saturday.

Jul. 29--The number of higher-end grocery stores clustering in the southwest suburbs grew Monday when locally owned New Seasons Market announced plans to open a store next year in the Mountain Park Shopping Center in Lake Oswego.