This guy explains why Amazon's tendency to automatize everything could lead to significant layoffs at Whole Foods after the merger goes through. It's a good read... — read more 

Amazon stated merger may take till May 2018, FTC and Congress are looking into antitrust violations if the deal goes through, not surprising since close to 78 billion in revenue has been lost by other companies since it was announced. Start getting... — read more 

Actually Amazon has lost money or broken even many times in its history. Its margins are razor thin because it plows its profits into growth at all costs. It has also made mistakes...BIG mistakes....in its attempts to get into fresh food. It has... — read more 

Whole Foods has prime real estate in every major US Markets cities- all with 20-30 yr leases and an additional 10-20 years in options on the leases- this alone is worth the 13.7B that Amazon paid for it. They will have instant access to millions of... — read more 

This is the reality of the mis-management prior to the takeover as well as the financing of the takeover itself. I think there will be a total restructuring involving the elimination of most stores. This will morph into just a brand name food product... — read more 

Any guesses whether WFM goes 8 straight losing quarters or is growth back on the menu?

Amazon is taking on 7 billion on their own debt as well as 1 billion of WFM debt, so would you take on 8 billion in debt and not clean house, reduce costs and labor while you seek a margin that allows that kind debt, every WFM employee is at risk... — read more 

This site used to be so much more interesting and relevant during the actual layoffs. Now it's 90% troll posts and whining. It used to be 80% troll posts and whining. Let's make this site great again please.

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Just because the department is safe under an Amazon model does not necessarily mean the resources in those departments are safe. Amazons goal is to deliver cheap product fast to the consumer taking cost out of the model at every single touch point... — read more 

Is anyone on here participating in the class action lawsuit? Specifically, I'm curious if you've felt like you're being retaliated against by WFM since signing up for the lawsuit. I know it's not LEGAL for an employer to retaliate, but let's be... — read more 

Ah ah I'll wait here, you're crazy. Those vicious streets are filled with strays. You should have never gone to Whole Foods. I wrote you and told you, You were the biggest fish out here. You should have never gone to Whole Foods. Phony people come to... — read more 

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/7417437-whole-payout-whole-foods-officials-stand-to-get-171-million-on-amazon-deal/

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2017/07/inside-the-tense-amazon-whole-foods-negotiations.html?page=all At least one other company seriously courted Whole Foods Market Inc. in a takeover bid and four private equity firms... — read more 

Which heads will roll first after the deal is signed? Any thoughts?

Y'all caught those numbers? Somehow Mr NewBarn Robb gets another one?

Why somebody erase coments about quarry San Antonio tx?

"The destructive power trips of Amazon's boss" 7/6/2017. commondreams.org

http://www.businessinsider.com/whole-foods-employees-have-open-salaries-2014-3 Where can I look up how much everyone makes? Is this just the sign posted in the office with min/max wages based on position?

A boner killer. No one good looking works there.

I am no longer with the company. I have 36 shares I can sell for 1500 now or keep, any advice?!

It was assumed that the STL at Highland Village would get the store. For the past year he has been kissing up to his favorite team members trying to get them to follow him and ignoring the team members he didn't want at the new store. Did he think... — read more 

what do their employees think about whole foods market???

I can't wait to see the security robot chasing the real life shoplifters running out the front door of the cashier-less stores with baskets full of high-dollar wine, steaks and seafood. It'll be a thieves' paradise with even fewer obstacles to free... — read more 

Anyone wanna speculate on what happens to us? Does Amazon do away with the PFDS/Bakery team to make more room for groceries? Do drones take over steaming up bags of food? Do they have an expo drone to garnish and run food? My guess is a slow... — read more 

Which one of these great technologies is the best in your opinion?

Look at what folks are saying all over the Internet about Amazon - It's cut throat, it's hard, it's merciless but you learn a lot and they pay well. They work you really hard but you can grow and you can work on stuff that's pretty advanced. So, it's... — read more 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.eater.com/platform/amp/2017/6/23/15861432/walmart-amazon-whole-foods-bid Let the bidding war begin! My conscience won't allow me to shop at wal mart, no way I could work for them.

On his Wikipedia bio, under Bezos Expeditons is a partial list of companies he has been at least in part funded. One of those is----Workday. Does he have access to our personal information? Before the sale goes through?

After spending over 5 years at a sopac store, I found the management to be highly unqualified and incompetent. Promotions were based on the buddy system, not qualifications. It's no wonder they have been struggling for so many years. People w/o any... — read more 

Amazon Go is a failure. The technology doesn't work and won't work. I've seen more nonsense on CNBC about self-driving cars picking up grocery orders from robots to deliver them to customers like the Jetsons. What a load of rubbish! There are grocery... — read more 

Let me start this by saying that I do not know what Amazon is planning to do, there may or may not be any layoffs. Yet, in my view, all jobs are temporary, really. Unemployment is a new beginning, really. Each of us may go through the cycle of... — read more 

Someone went to sleep one night and grew an unconscionable pair. RIP WFM