By Marian Zboraj Source: Progressive Grocer Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market has revealed that it will open a new store in San Diego on Sept. 23, it’s fourth location for the area and 95th in California. Last year, Amazon did more than $150 billion in gross merchandise sales, securing the company's [...]
Source: Daily Caller Amazon told shareholders Thursday that it made nearly $78 billion in net income during 2025 — while workers at its subsidiary Whole Foods Market say they struggle to afford basic necessities due to unlivable working wages. Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 and now employs over 100,000 [...]
By: Charles Davis Source: Inkl A National Labor Relations Board report has dealt a setback to union-busting efforts by Amazon, a regional hearing officer rejecting the company's arguments that workers at a Whole Foods in Philadelphia should not be afforded the right to collectively bargain. In January, a majority of [...]
By Mark Hamstra Source: Supermarket News Both Save Mart and Whole Foods Market have agreed to settle multimillion dollar, class action lawsuits concerning their retirement benefit plans in recent days. Save Mart agreed to pay about $20.5 million to a group of former non-union employees who had claimed that the [...]
By Timothy Inklebarger Source: Supermarket News A federal judge has ruled that Gwynn Wilcox be reinstated to the National Labor Relations Board, following her firing from the five-member panel that oversees labor disputes. Wilcox was fired by President Donald Trump in late January, but Senior Judge Beryl Howell, of U.S. [...]
Source: The New York Times Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia voted on Monday to become the first unionized store in Amazon’s grocery chain, opening a new front in the e-commerce giant’s efforts to fend off labor organizing in multiple segments of its business. Employees at the sprawling [...]
By Peyton Bigora Source: Grocery Dive Whole Foods Market workers at one of the grocer’s Philadelphia locations have filed a petition with the National Labor Regulations Board to hold a union election, according to a Friday press release. Supported by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776, employees at [...]
By Peyton Bigora Source: Grocery Dive Amazon is piloting a new small-format concept in Chicago “under the same roof” as — but separate from — an existing Whole Foods Market store, the company confirmed in an email to Grocery Dive Thursday. The store, called Amazon Grocery, is meant for quick [...]
By Alex Oliviera Source: Daily Mail A beloved California supermarket that has been a community staple for over 40 years is closing as newer supermarkets like Whole Foods and Trader Joes move into the neighborhood. The Lucky supermarket in Larkspur, California, will be closing its doors for good on April [...]
By Richard Mitchell Source: Supermarket News Whole Foods Market Chief Executive Officer Jason Buechel has unveiled what he said is a 10-year vision for leading the company into the future. The Austin-based retailer’s “Growing with Purpose” initiative, announced at the grocer’s first quarterly town hall meeting, will follow a scheme [...]