United Natural of Dayville, Conn. is the primary distributor to Whole Foods and Wild Oats Markets, the nation's first- and second-largest hyperhealthy chains.

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Wild Oats dropped United Natural as a primary distributor in 2002 and went with Tree of Life, a subsidiary of the Netherlands' Royal Wessanen.

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That's potentially bad news for InterActiveCorp's TicketMaster, which has agreements with many pro teams and concert venues as a primary ticket distributor but isn't set up to broker deals between customers.

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