FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 25, 2005

WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas	0-19797	74-1989366
(State of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS employment identification no.)

550 Bowie St.

Austin, Texas 78703

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

512-477-4455

Check the appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the reporting obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 of the Exchange Act

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) Exchange Act

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) Exchange Act

ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.

On February 25, 2005, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had filed a Form 12b-25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to obtain a five-day extension of the due date for the filing of its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for its first fiscal quarter ended January 16, 2005. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

The information contained in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c) Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 Whole Foods Market, Inc. press release, dated February 25, 2005.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Date: February 25, 2005	By:	/s/ Glenda Flanagan
		Glenda Flanagan
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer