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EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - WHOLE FOODS MARKET INCwfm10k2017ex322.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - WHOLE FOODS MARKET INCwfm10k2017ex312.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - WHOLE FOODS MARKET INCwfm10k2017ex311.htm
EX-12.1 - EXHIBIT 12.1 - WHOLE FOODS MARKET INCwfm10k2017ex121.htm
10-K - 10-K - WHOLE FOODS MARKET INCwfm10k2017.htm


Exhibit 32.1

Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Whole Foods Market, Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ending September 24, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, John Mackey,
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

2.
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:
November 17, 2017

/s/ John Mackey
John Mackey
Chief Executive Officer