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Raymond Dunkin Brings 28 Years of Grocery Store Experience to New Naples Store NAPLES, Fla., Dec. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wild Oats Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:OATS), a leading national natural and organic foods retailer, today announced Raymond Dunkin has been named store director of the first Naples area store located at 6424 Naples Blvd. (at Airport-Pulling Road) in the new Promenade Shops at Naples Centre. The store is slated to open on Jan. 24, 2007. Dunkin will lead a team of more than 130 employees to bring the highest quality natural, organic and gourmet food and products to local consumers. "We've received a tremendous amount of support from the community since announcing our first store in Naples. We know that Raymond, as leader of the new team, will be a great asset to this community," said Scott Reed Director of Operations for Wild Oats Markets in Florida. "He brings both leadership and enthusiasm to the team and we look forward to filling additional positions in the new Naples store." Dunkin brings more than 28 years of experience in the retail grocery business to his position. Most recently, he served as store director of the Pinecrest Wild Oats Marketplace and has been with the Company since August 2006. Prior to his time at Wild Oats, Dunkin worked at Marsh Supermarkets where he joined the company as a bagger and was eventually promoted to store director. "At Wild Oats, we pride ourselves on being a resource for products and information that support health and well-being," said Mr. Dunkin. "I'm very excited to bring the exceptional customer service and high quality foods of Wild Oats Marketplace to the Naples community." About Wild Oats Wild Oats Markets, Inc. is a nationwide chain of natural and organic foods markets in the U.S. and Canada with annual sales of more than $1.1 billion. The Company operates 109 natural foods stores in 24 states and British Columbia, Canada. The Company's markets include: Wild Oats Natural Marketplace, Henry's Farmers Market, Sun Harvest and Capers Community Markets. For more information, please visit http://www.wildoats.com/. DATASOURCE: Wild Oats Markets, Inc. CONTACT: Kelly Janhunen of Linhart PR, +1-303-951-2554, for Wild Oats Markets, Inc.; or Sonja Tuitele of Wild Oats Markets, Inc., +1-303-369-6984 Web site: http://www.wildoats.com/

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