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<p ALIGN="CENTER">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 4, 2002 Registration No. 333-</p>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</p>
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  <p ALIGN="CENTER">Washington, D.C. 20549</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">UNDER</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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  <p ALIGN="CENTER">Wild Oats Markets, Inc.<br>
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  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Delaware<br>
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      (State of Incorporation)</font></font></b></td>
    <td WIDTH="440" VALIGN="TOP"><b><font SIZE="3">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">84-1100630<br>
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      (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></font></b></td>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
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3375 Mitchell Lane<br>
Boulder, Colorado 80301-2244<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
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(</font><font SIZE="1">Address of principal executive offices)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
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Wild Oats Markets, Inc.<br>
Edward Dunlap Equity Incentive Plan<br>
and<br>
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.<br>
Terry Maloy Equity Incentive Plan<br>
</b><u>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
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(</font><font SIZE="1">Full titles of the plans)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">Freya R. Brier<br>
Vice President of Legal, General Counsel<br>
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.<br>
3375 Mitchell Lane<br>
Boulder, Colorado 80301-2244<br>
(303) 440-5220<br>
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(</font><font SIZE="1">Name, address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">Copies to:<br>
<b>
Francis R. Wheeler, Esq.<br>
Cooley Godward LLP<br>
380 Interlocken Crescent<br>
Suite 900<br>
Broomfield, Colorado 80021-8023<br>
(720) 566-4231</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
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      Title of Securities to be Registered</font></b></td>
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      Amount to be Registered</font></b></td>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER"><br>
      Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (1)</font></b></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><b><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed<br>
      Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (1)</font></b></p>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER"><br>
      <br>
      Amount of Registration Fee</font></b></td>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Common Stock, par value $.001 per share</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
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      180,000 shares</font></td>
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      $8.55</font></td>
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      $1,538,400</font></td>
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      $141.53</font></td>
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  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
  amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;Securities Act&quot;). The price per share
  and aggregate offering price are based upon the weighted average exercise
  price of options outstanding. The following chart illustrates our calculation
  of the registration fee:</p>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Type of Shares</font></b></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><b><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Number of Shares</font></b></td>
    <td WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP"><b><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Offering Price Per Share</font></b></td>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Aggregate Offering Price</font></b></td>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Shares issuable pursuant to options outstanding under
      the Wild Oats Markets, Inc. Edward Dunlap Equity Incentive Plan</font></td>
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      <br>
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      120,000</font></td>
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      </font></strike><font SIZE="2">
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      <br>
      <br>
      $9.45</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      $1,134,000</font></p>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Shares issuable pursuant to options outstanding under
      the Wild Oats Markets, Inc. Terry Maloy Equity Incentive Plan</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER"><font SIZE="2"><br>
      <br>
      <br>
      60,000</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER"><font SIZE="2"><br>
      <br>
      <br>
      $6.74</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
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      <br>
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      $ 404,400</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the
public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes
effective.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">INTRODUCTION</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Wild Oats
Markets, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and relates to 120,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's Edward Dunlap
Equity Incentive Plan and 60,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable
pursuant to the Company's Terry Maloy Equity Incentive Plan.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p>Item 3. </b></font><b><font FACE="Times New Roman Bold" SIZE="2">Incorporation
of Certain Documents by Reference</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The following documents filed with the Commission are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</p>
<ol TYPE="a">
  <ol TYPE="a">
    <li>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29,
      2001;</li>
    <li>Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002;</li>
    <li>Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 30, 2002;</li>
    <li>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 5, 2002;</li>
    <li>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 1,
      2002;</li>
    <li>Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 1,
      2002;</li>
    <li>The description of our Common Stock contained in our registration
      statement on Form 8-A filed on October 17, 1996;</li>
    <li>The description of rights to purchase our Series A Junior Participating
      Preferred Stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A dated
      May 21, 1998; and</li>
    <li>All reports and other documents filed by Wild Oats with the Commission
      pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this Registration
      Statement.</li>
  </ol>
</ol>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed
to be incorporated, by reference herein or contained in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 4. Description of Securities</p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Not Applicable.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 5. Named Experts and Counsel</p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Not Applicable.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
Wild Oats has broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against
liabilities they may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act. The Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws also provide that the
Company will indemnify its directors and officers and may indemnify its
employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law,
provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company
and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful. The Company's Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended, provides for the elimination of liability for
monetary damages for breach of the directors' fiduciary duty of care to the
Company and its stockholders. These provisions do not eliminate the directors'
duty of care and, in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as
injunctive or other forms of nonmonetary relief will remain available under
Delaware law. In addition, each director will continue to be subject to
liability for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company, for acts
or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing
violations of law, for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit, and for payment of dividends or approval of stock
repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The provisions
do not affect a director's responsibilities under any other laws, such as the
federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;The Company has entered into agreements with its directors
and certain executive officers that require the Company to indemnify such
persons against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts
actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in
connection with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such
person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director or officer of the Company, provided that such person's conduct was not
knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest and did not constitute willful
misconduct. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures
that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;The above discussion of the Company's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, Amended and Restated Bylaws and the
Delaware General Corporation Law is only a summary and is qualified in its
entirety by the full text of each of the foregoing.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Not Applicable.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 8. Exhibits</p>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Exhibit<br>
      Number</font></b></p>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;Description</font></b></p>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.1</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
      Wild Oats (1)</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.2</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Certificate of Correction to Amended and Restated
      Certificate of Incorporation of Wild Oats (1)</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.3</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated
      Certificate of Incorporation of Wild Oats (2)</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.4</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Amended and Restated By-Laws of Wild Oats (1)</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.5</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Rights Agreement dated May 22, 1998 between Wild Oats
      and Norwest Bank Minnesota (3)</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.6</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement dated February 26,
      2002 between Wild Oats and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.(4)</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.7</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Specimen stock certificate (5)</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">5.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">23.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">23.2</p>
      </font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</p>
      </font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font SIZE="2">
      23.3</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      Consent of Cooley Godward LLP (included in
      Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</font></td>
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      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">24.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Power of Attorney</p>
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">________________</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <ol>
        <font SIZE="2">
        <li>Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the year ended December 28, 1996 (File No. 0-21577).</li>
        <li>Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Registration Statement on
          Form S-3, as amended, filed with the Commission on November 10, 1999
          (File No. 333-88011).</li>
        <li>Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Form 8-K filed with the
          Commission on May 21, 1998 (File No. 0-21577).</li>
        <li>Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001 (File No. 0-21577).</li>
        <li>Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Registration Statement on
          Form S-1 filed on August 30, 1996 (File No. 333-11261).
        </ol>
      </font></td>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 9. Undertakings</p>
<ol>
</font></b><font SIZE="2">
<li>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</li>
<ol TYPE="a">
  <li>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
    post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</li>
  <ol TYPE="i">
    <li>To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
      Act;</li>
    <li>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
      effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
      post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
      represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
      registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
      decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
      securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
      deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
      may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
      pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the
      changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the
      maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &quot;Calculation of
      Registration Fee&quot; table in the effective registration statement.</li>
    <li>To include any material information with respect to the plan of
      distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
      material change to such information in the registration statement;</li>
  </ol>
  <li>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
    Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
    registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
    offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
    bona fide offering thereof.</li>
  <li>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
    the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
    the offering.</li>
</ol>
<li>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
  registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
  annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
  incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and
  the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide offering thereof.</li>
<li>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
  may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
  has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
  in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
  precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
  such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</li>
</ol>
<b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado
on October 3, 2002.</p>
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                            <b>
                            <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Wild Oats Markets, Inc.</p>
                            </b>
                            <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">By:<u> /s/ Edward F. Dunlap<br>
                              </u>
                            Edward F. Dunlap, Chief
                              Financial Officer<br>
                            (Principal Financial and
                              Accounting Officer)</p>
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                              <blockquote>
                              <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
                              <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
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          </blockquote>
        </blockquote>
      </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on
behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
</font>
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    <td WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <blockquote>
        <b><font SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Title
        </blockquote>
        </font></b></td>
    <td WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP"><b><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Date</font></b></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p>/s/ Perry D. Odak<br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="2">
      Perry D. Odak</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <blockquote>
        <font SIZE="2">
        <p>Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive
        Officer)</p>
        <i>
        </blockquote>
        </i></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><a NAME="OLE_LINK1">October 3, 2002</a></font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p>/s/ Edward F. Dunlap<br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="2">
      Edward F. Dunlap</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <blockquote>
        <font SIZE="2">
        <p>Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</p>
        <i>
        </blockquote>
        </i></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">October 3, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ John A. Shields<br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="2">
      John A. Shields</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <blockquote>
        <font SIZE="2">
        <p>Chairman</p>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <b>
        <p>&nbsp;
        </blockquote>
        </b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">October 3, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ David M. Chamberlain<br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="2">
      David M. Chamberlain</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <blockquote>
        <font SIZE="2">
        <p>Vice Chairman</p>
        <b>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <p>&nbsp;
        </blockquote>
        </b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">October 3, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ Brian K. Devine<br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="2">
      Brian K. Devine</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <blockquote>
        <font SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</p>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <p>&nbsp;
        </blockquote>
      </font></td>
    <td WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">October 3, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ David L. Ferguson<br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="2">
      David L. Ferguson</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <blockquote>
        <font SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</p>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <p>&nbsp;
        </blockquote>
      </font></td>
    <td WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">October 3, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ James B. McElwee<br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="2">
      James B. McElwee</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <blockquote>
        <font SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</p>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <p>&nbsp;
        </blockquote>
      </font></td>
    <td WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">October 3, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ Mo J. Siegel<br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="2">
      Mo J. Siegel</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <blockquote>
        <font SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</p>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <p>&nbsp;
        </blockquote>
      </font></td>
    <td WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">October 3, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<font SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">EXHIBIT INDEX</p>
</b></font>
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    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><b><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Exhibit<br>
      Number</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><b><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Description</font></b></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
      Wild Oats (1)</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.2</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Certificate of Correction to Amended and Restated
      Certificate of Incorporation of Wild Oats (1)</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.3</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated
      Certificate of Incorporation of Wild Oats (2)</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.4</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Amended and Restated By-Laws of Wild Oats (1)</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.5</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Rights Agreement dated May 22, 1998 between Wild Oats
      and Norwest Bank Minnesota (3)</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.6</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement dated February 26,
      2002 between Wild Oats and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.(4)</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.7</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Specimen stock certificate (5)</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">5.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">23.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">23.2</p>
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">23.3</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</p>
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of Cooley Godward LLP (included in
      Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">24.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="89%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Power of Attorney</p>
      <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">___________________</font></td>
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        <font SIZE="2">
        <li>Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the year ended December 28, 1996 (File No. 0-21577).</li>
        <li>Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Registration Statement on
          Form S-3, as amended, filed with the Commission on November 10, 1999
          (File No. 333-88011).</li>
        <li>Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Form 8-K filed with the
          Commission on May 21, 1998 (File No. 0-21577).</li>
        <li>Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001 (File No. 0-21577).</li>
        <li>Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Registration Statement on
          Form S-1 filed on August 30, 1996 (File No. 333-11261).
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Dunlap Maloy S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 4, 2002 Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
84-1100630
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3375 Mitchell Lane
Boulder, Colorado 80301-2244
(
Address of principal executive offices)
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
Edward Dunlap Equity Incentive Plan
and
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
Terry Maloy Equity Incentive Plan
(
Full titles of the plans)
Freya R. Brier
Vice President of Legal, General Counsel
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
3375 Mitchell Lane
Boulder, Colorado 80301-2244
(303) 440-5220
(
Name, address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Francis R. Wheeler, Esq.
Cooley Godward LLP
380 Interlocken Crescent
Suite 900
Broomfield, Colorado 80021-8023
(720) 566-4231
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (1)
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (1)
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
180,000 shares
$8.55
$1,538,400
$141.53
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
  amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The price per share
  and aggregate offering price are based upon the weighted average exercise
  price of options outstanding. The following chart illustrates our calculation
  of the registration fee:
Type of Shares
Number of Shares
Offering Price Per Share
Aggregate Offering Price
Shares issuable pursuant to options outstanding under
      the Wild Oats Markets, Inc. Edward Dunlap Equity Incentive Plan
120,000
$9.45
$1,134,000
Shares issuable pursuant to options outstanding under
      the Wild Oats Markets, Inc. Terry Maloy Equity Incentive Plan
60,000
$6.74
$ 404,400
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the
public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes
effective.
INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Wild Oats
Markets, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and relates to 120,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's Edward Dunlap
Equity Incentive Plan and 60,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable
pursuant to the Company's Terry Maloy Equity Incentive Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation
of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents filed with the Commission are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29,
      2001;
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002;
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 30, 2002;
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 5, 2002;
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 1,
      2002;
Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 1,
      2002;
The description of our Common Stock contained in our registration
      statement on Form 8-A filed on October 17, 1996;
The description of rights to purchase our Series A Junior Participating
      Preferred Stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A dated
      May 21, 1998; and
All reports and other documents filed by Wild Oats with the Commission
      pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this Registration
      Statement.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed
to be incorporated, by reference herein or contained in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
Wild Oats has broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against
liabilities they may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act. The Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws also provide that the
Company will indemnify its directors and officers and may indemnify its
employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law,
provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company
and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful. The Company's Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended, provides for the elimination of liability for
monetary damages for breach of the directors' fiduciary duty of care to the
Company and its stockholders. These provisions do not eliminate the directors'
duty of care and, in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as
injunctive or other forms of nonmonetary relief will remain available under
Delaware law. In addition, each director will continue to be subject to
liability for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company, for acts
or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing
violations of law, for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit, and for payment of dividends or approval of stock
repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The provisions
do not affect a director's responsibilities under any other laws, such as the
federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.
The Company has entered into agreements with its directors
and certain executive officers that require the Company to indemnify such
persons against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts
actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in
connection with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such
person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director or officer of the Company, provided that such person's conduct was not
knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest and did not constitute willful
misconduct. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures
that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
The above discussion of the Company's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, Amended and Restated Bylaws and the
Delaware General Corporation Law is only a summary and is qualified in its
entirety by the full text of each of the foregoing.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
      Wild Oats (1)
4.2
Certificate of Correction to Amended and Restated
      Certificate of Incorporation of Wild Oats (1)
4.3
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated
      Certificate of Incorporation of Wild Oats (2)
4.4
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Wild Oats (1)
4.5
Rights Agreement dated May 22, 1998 between Wild Oats
      and Norwest Bank Minnesota (3)
4.6
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement dated February 26,
      2002 between Wild Oats and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.(4)
4.7
Specimen stock certificate (5)
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP (included in
      Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney
________________
Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the year ended December 28, 1996 (File No. 0-21577).
Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Registration Statement on
          Form S-3, as amended, filed with the Commission on November 10, 1999
          (File No. 333-88011).
Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Form 8-K filed with the
          Commission on May 21, 1998 (File No. 0-21577).
Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001 (File No. 0-21577).
Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Registration Statement on
          Form S-1 filed on August 30, 1996 (File No. 333-11261).
Item 9. Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
    post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
      Act;
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
      effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
      post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
      represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
      registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
      decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
      securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
      deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
      may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
      pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the
      changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the
      maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
      Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
To include any material information with respect to the plan of
      distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
      material change to such information in the registration statement;
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
    Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
    registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
    offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
    bona fide offering thereof.
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
    the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
    the offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
  registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
  annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
  incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and
  the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
  may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
  has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
  in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
  precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
  such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado
on October 3, 2002.
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
By:
/s/ Edward F. Dunlap
Edward F. Dunlap, Chief
                              Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
                              Accounting Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on
behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Perry D. Odak
Perry D. Odak
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive
        Officer)
October 3, 2002
/s/ Edward F. Dunlap
Edward F. Dunlap
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
October 3, 2002
/s/ John A. Shields
John A. Shields
Chairman
October 3, 2002
/s/ David M. Chamberlain
David M. Chamberlain
Vice Chairman
October 3, 2002
/s/ Brian K. Devine
Brian K. Devine
Director
October 3, 2002
/s/ David L. Ferguson
David L. Ferguson
Director
October 3, 2002
/s/ James B. McElwee
James B. McElwee
Director
October 3, 2002
/s/ Mo J. Siegel
Mo J. Siegel
Director
October 3, 2002
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
      Wild Oats (1)
4.2
Certificate of Correction to Amended and Restated
      Certificate of Incorporation of Wild Oats (1)
4.3
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated
      Certificate of Incorporation of Wild Oats (2)
4.4
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Wild Oats (1)
4.5
Rights Agreement dated May 22, 1998 between Wild Oats
      and Norwest Bank Minnesota (3)
4.6
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement dated February 26,
      2002 between Wild Oats and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.(4)
4.7
Specimen stock certificate (5)
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
23.3
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP (included in
      Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney
___________________
Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the year ended December 28, 1996 (File No. 0-21577).
Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Registration Statement on
          Form S-3, as amended, filed with the Commission on November 10, 1999
          (File No. 333-88011).
Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Form 8-K filed with the
          Commission on May 21, 1998 (File No. 0-21577).
Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001 (File No. 0-21577).
Incorporated by reference to Wild Oats' Registration Statement on
          Form S-1 filed on August 30, 1996 (File No. 333-11261).