http://sf.eater.com/2016/11/3/13513288/safeway-andronicos-community-markets-purchase-san-francisco Grocery giant Safeway has captured a local market in its corporate web. Andronico’s Community Markets, the 87-year-old regional grocery store with five... — read more 

Take your time if offered severance DO NOT SIGN anything until you clearly understand it If you are over 40 years old you are under a protected class http://www.discoverwinningways.com/severence-packages Update your W2 withholdings to 10+ as the tax... — read more 

Hey, if layoffs are a-comin', do yourself a favor and try to get laid off with severance. It may be a few months, but it's free cash. IF YOU STAY, you will NOT get a raise but your workload will increase. Then they will look to cashier your behind... — read more 

Alibaba and the forty thieves may be a fairytale but not anymore at WFM. A CEO (according to Forbes) that racked-up 338 days of PTO and subsequently the company lost over 40 percent of its value. Despite that gets rewarded with 10m greenbacks, 30... — read more 

TLs are going to receive an offer similar to previous layoffs. take a huge paycut and stay on board, or leave with some cash. Next 180 days. Goal is to be in line with typical market manager pay at other grocers. No more $50k retail management jobs... — read more 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-04/whole-foods-holder-said-planning-push-for-changes-possible-sale

I loved how on the call the guy asked about how tm were taking to all the changes and asked how tm were doing. The first response didn't even address the caller's question...and the second responder gave typical wf bs answer. Why don't we answer the... — read more 

Robb's departure from Whole Foods comes at pivotal time for Austin-based grocer: The looming departure of Walter Robb as co-CEO of Whole Foods Market Inc. will likely intensify pressure on John Mackey, who on Jan. 1 will become the lone chief... — read more 

Why are the financial sites excited about a $60 million revenue increase? Aren't there more stores than there were last year? Why do these sites seem so biased on everything? I just want the facts. I'm new to following stocks. My mom was a... — read more 

Suffering

SNPMarketScopeResearchNotes2016-11-03 10:21:08.000WFMWHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC.J. AgneseSWFM|17304|US|284935

All they need to do is reconfigure the registers so that a cashier can easily bag as they scan and lower the IPM number to compensate. WFM registers are set up with a bagger being present as the rule, not exception. Since labor is so thin the very... — read more 

Really????

you mean to tell me 4 million plus a year in total compensation over the past 10 years and 10 million more in severance and it still isn't enough for him to pay full price for his freakin groceries and beer? Seriously? While the $12 an hour employee... — read more 

That's a tad bit crazy! How's that going to help our company grow? Oh wait, I know how they'll pay for it: cut labor:/

"Co" should have been let go years ago- loves when the RP's s--- up to him- stokes his Ego and they get what they want- which is bad for everyone but the RP's. This is a good sign that maybe there is a chance for the company to turn around- lots of... — read more 

The financial call today is the most defining moment in company history. All smart folks should tune in and listen carefully. It's either you will have a job soon or out on unemployment especially if numbers don't add up. Good luck to all and thanks... — read more 

On a completely other note here are a few key points while working for Whole Foods... Work your a-- off because that's who you are, never change your output based on others. Never go to TMS about a concern that is above the TL level, this s---s but... — read more 

One thing that frustrates me about this site is you have to sift through ten questions or responses to find any resemblance of fruitful dialogue. When the ideal is sharing information that helps inform others it often reverts to petty or quite... — read more 

So you get an appointment with a doctor you've been waiting months for. It's in a few days...schedule is already made. You offer to come to work, get it set up, go to dr appointment, then come back and completed your shift." Nah, we'd rather you call... — read more 

So anyone know what the big conference call was about yesterday?

Everyone is complaining about bagging when lines get long? That's the problem with you monkeys, you don't know what business your in. It's called customer service clowns. Customers come first everything else 2nd. Take your head out your asses. Out of... — read more 

Today, I was questioned by a woman who identified herself as the Regional President's significant other. She was taking pictures and telling the front end to open up more registers and started bagging. Is this legit or what? I don't want to get fired... — read more 

Word had beginning to spread around about more cuts coming after holidays. I'm not sure if it'll be layoffs or labor cuts which would mean hrs dropped. One person even said he heard it from someone in Administration. Anyone hear anything similar?

Peep the stock hovering at 28$ going into holidays.i know my store is barely comping (which the barely comes from price hikes).lets drop this free pizza and milf talk and get back to taking this corporate stockholder market to task..

so I am line last night and the girl in front of me was checking out....the person checking her out finalized the sale and then I heard her say...oh, did you remember that? The checkout person looked back, picked up a $12 piece of cheese (it was a... — read more 

Hi, I want to clearly know if pizza for the TMs are supposed to be free? I know the WHOLE pizzas are not free, but I heard the slices are free if you are a TM? Is this true?

This article focuses more on how poorly WFM sales are, barely skimming over the newest non-GMO labeling scandal. A coworker mentioned this to me several years ago, and I guess I didn't want to believe him. So now that something has leaked into the... — read more 

Hello all, My last PTO check isn't on workday. I was fired and I just checked workday for my next check (which is PTO), and it's not showing up. I'm wondering if it will just deposit in my account on Friday? Does anyone know how that works?

Am I getting charged for pizza?!

What do you think about the"German" grocery retailer ? How do u see there current and future situation? I know they committed this past year to sell more organic and natural items and they launched a brand focused on baby food as well.

Customer service cant hire anymore people so when the lines get backed up Front End pages the whole store for other teams to come bag for an unnecessary amount of time. Everyone hates customer service now because of this stupid labor cut.

Yesterday I caught wind of an email sent out to all TL's and above, in the SW region, regarding the restructuring of the combination teams. I heard that the "Market Team ", i.e. Grocery/Whole Body/Specialty will only have a TL, two ATL's no more... — read more 

So my team leader told us no more double bagging. WTF??? She said there is going to be a bag shortage for the holidays and double bags don't make a difference anyway. I'm loving the new Whole Foods or WhoFo as the milli-minions say!

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Down since 11 am in SW region.

When I started my TL told me to work the pallets with the most water and chips first. I did that. Now my trainer is telling me that I need to work all the water and chips first. I did that. Then he said that I shouldn't fill up U-boats; I should load... — read more