Whole Foods Lowered Prices. GUESS What Happened Next?

For the second time in a row, it’s a good quarter for Whole Foods. The company said Wednesday that it did a record $4.7 billion in total sales in the first part of fiscal 2015 and that traffic to stores picked up. Sales at stores open at least 57 weeks increased by 4.5 percent. Earnings came in at $0.46 per share, a slight beat on the $0.45 target analysts had set. Shares added about 3 percent from their closing price of $53.51 in after-hours trading.