The star witness during a pretrial court hearing on the Federal Trade Commission’s battle to block a $700 million natural-foods grocery deal was — an apple.
The FTC’s lead attorney, Tom Brock, brought the fruit, purchased from a Washington-area Whole Foods Market store, to prove that the chain has ways of tracking purchases of organic items, a point of contention as the parties prepare for a July 31 court date.
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