...Joe's, number two natural foods retailer after Whole Foods, is privately held).

Analysts report that the overall organic products sector is growing at 25 percent a year thanks to increased consumer demand and new federally mandated clarity in organic labeling. The biggest beneficiaries of that growth may be natural foods grocery chains, which offer volume efficiencies and healthy product mark-ups. Indeed, investors...

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