PLANTATION, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2006--Whole Foods Market® has installed automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in all of its Florida stores and work locations, becoming the first supermarket chain in Florida to deploy these life-saving devices comprehensively to protect both customers and employees.

Defibtech ReviveR™ AEDs - used to revive victims of sudden cardiac arrest - have been placed in stores in Aventura, Boca Raton, Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach Gardens, Plantation, Sarasota and Winter Park, as well as at the corporate regional office and Bakehouse in Plantation. Cintas Corporation, the distributor of the ReviveR™ and provider of highly specialized services to businesses, will provide AED maintenance and training to personnel at each Florida site.

"Placing these AEDs in all our Florida stores is the right thing to do," said Bruce Isaacs, regional safety specialist for Whole Foods Market. "We're a company that cares about its customers and Team Members, and this technology significantly increases the chances of survival for anyone in our stores stricken with sudden cardiac arrest." Whole Foods Market has more than 1,500 Team Members in Florida, he added.

Several medical research studies have shown that AEDs in public places save lives. AEDs revive victims of sudden cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation. Studies show that if victims are defibrillated within a minute or two after arrest, more than 70 percent survive. If defibrillation is delayed for more than 10 minutes, only 5 percent live, making immediate access to AEDs vital.

Defibtech AEDs have been deployed in many locations around the world - in stores, workplaces and public facilities, in thousands of police, fire and emergency vehicles, and at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. "Defibtech AEDs have become the defibrillators of choice for large-scale deployments," said Gintaras Vaisnys, Defibtech's president. Defibtech AEDs make a wise choice because of their reliability, durability and reasonable price, he said.

About Whole Foods Market

Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market ( www.wholefoodsmarket.com ) is the world's leading natural and organic foods supermarket and America's first national certified organic grocer. In fiscal year 2005, the company had sales of $4.7 billion and currently has 184 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Whole Foods Market motto, "Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet"™ captures the company's mission to find success in customer satisfaction and wellness, employee excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Whole Foods Market, Harry's Farmers Market®, and Fresh & Wild® are trademarks owned by Whole Foods Market IP, LP. Whole Foods Market employs more than 39,000 team members and has been ranked for nine consecutive years as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America by FORTUNE magazine.

About Cintas

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types throughout North America. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid and safety products, fire protection services and document management services to approximately 700,000 businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CTAS, and is a Nasdaq-100 company and component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. The Company has achieved 36 consecutive years of growth in sales and earnings, to date.

About Defibtech

Defibtech relentlessly pursues one goal: making the best automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in the world at affordable prices. Defibtech designs and manufactures the FDA-cleared Lifeline^TM and ReviveR™ brand AEDs and related accessories. Defibtech's products are sold through its network of distribution partners in the United States and around the world. Founded in 1999, Defibtech is headquartered in Guilford, Connecticut and manufactures all of its defibrillators in the United States in state-of-the-art ISO-9001 certified facilities. The company also has CE Marking approval and ISO 13485 certification. For more information about Defibtech and its products, visit www.defibtech.com or call 1-866-DEFIB-4-U (1-866-333-4248).