Activist investor Jana exits Whole Foods stake with $300m profit

Activist investor Jana exits Whole Foods stake with $300m profit

An employee rearranges pre-made salads at a Whole Foods Inc. store in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, May 22, 2017. Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg

The activist investor that Whole Foods Market Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Mackey labeled as “greedy bastards” has sold its stake in the grocer and made a profit of about $300 million in a matter of months.

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