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Whole Foods Announces Layoffs of Corporate Employees, Restructuring

April 23, 2023
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Amazon.com’s Whole Foods Market grocery chain plans to lay off some corporate employees over the next two months as part of a reorganization plan to simplify operations, the company announced Thursday. The company told employees that it will make changes to certain Global and Regional Support Teams, resulting in staff cuts, according to a memo…

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Whole Foods Closes Flagship Store in San Francisco Due to Public Safety Concerns

April 13, 2023
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Downtown San Francisco’s plight continues, with Whole Foods Market closing the doors of its 8th and Market Street location due to safety concerns. “Over the last several months, the San Francisco Police Department and the Mayor’s Office have been working collaboratively with Whole Foods’ leadership to address public safety issues,” Mayor London Breed’s office told…

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Mission Viejo Rejects Controversial Project Replacing Strip Mall With Whole Foods and Apartments

May 13, 2022
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MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—A controversial development project to turn a strip mall in Mission Viejo, California, into an apartment complex—with a Whole Foods Market underneath—was killed, after the city rejected the developer’s rezoning request, which critics said might open the door for more similar projects that might lower the community’s quality of life. The Mission Viejo…

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Whole Foods Must Face Lawsuit Over Its Honey Graham Crackers

February 2, 2021
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NEW YORK—A federal judge in Manhattan said on Tuesday Whole Foods Market must face a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming it deceived shoppers about the contents of its 365 Organic Honey Graham Crackers. U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods said Chandra Campbell plausibly alleged that the words “Honey” and “Graham” on the box misled reasonable consumers into…

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Whole Foods Cuts Paid Breaks for Many US Workers From 15 to 10 Minutes

January 13, 2021
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Whole Foods Market announced a change in its break policy for many employees working at the supermarket chain, cutting rest time from 15 minutes to 10 minutes in stores nationwide. Employees at stores in parts of Southern California, the Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic, and the South will be affected under this new policy, reducing the previous…

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