John Mackey Quotes & Sayings

“At the end of the day, the quality of life is all we have, and it's just as important to that lobster, the quality of life that it lives - even if it's not as long - as the quality of your life.”

“More than once in the history of Whole Foods Market, the company was unable to collectively evolve until I myself was able to evolve - in other words, I was holding the company back. My personal growth enabled the company to evolve.”

“A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health-care problems. It's the most important solution.”

“Any type of political ideology is going to have a lot of different variants of it.”

“As a company grows, its purpose grows with it. It has the potential to evolve your purpose.”

“At Whole Foods, we allow our team members to vote on what benefits they most want the company to fund.”

“Customers want high-quality food, good service, and good store experience, and most retailers fail to deliver on those.”

“Every man, woman and child consumes, on average, 43 teaspoons of sugar a day. In 13 days, that adds up to a five-pound bag of sugar.”

“Examine our every action through the lens of how we would feel if it were to become front page news.”

“Food is intensely pleasurable, and people are afraid that if they change the way they eat, they'll stop having pleasure.”