Wild Oats Markets, Inc. Announces Its Third Quarter 2006 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wild Oats Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: OATS) , a leading natural and organic foods retailer, today announced that its third quarter 2006 earnings conference call with financial analysts and investors will take place Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006 at 11 a.m. Mountain time (1 p.m. Eastern time) and will be webcast over the Internet.

Wild Oats Markets will issue complete financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. Please dial in at least five minutes before the start of the conference call.

To participate, domestic callers should dial (877) 252-5618, and international callers should dial (706) 634-1349. Participants should ask for the "Wild Oats Markets third quarter 2006 earnings conference call" or reference conference ID number 8223214 to be placed into the conference.

A simultaneous audio webcast will also be available through a link on the Investor Relations page of the Company's website http://www.wildoats.com/. A replay of the conference call will be available until 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 14, 2006 by dialing (800) 642-1687 domestically or (706) 645-9291 if calling from outside the U.S., and entering the conference ID number listed above. In addition, a replay of the conference call will be archived and available online through the Investor Relations page of http://www.wildoats.com/, and at http://www.prnewswire.com/.

Wild Oats Markets, Inc. is a nationwide chain of natural and organic food markets in the U.S. and Canada. With annual sales of more than $1.1 billion, the Company currently operates 113 stores in 24 states and British Columbia. The Company's natural food stores include Wild Oats Natural Marketplace, Henry's Farmers Market, Sun Harvest and Capers Community Markets. For more information, please visit the Company's website at http://www.wildoats.com/.