this is exactly what put them in this position in the first place- customers want to buy food not shop at a virtual mall- great way to correct the ship- put more water in the ballasts!!

Sounds like someone put a bandage over!

I saw quarry posted for STL. What happened to Dain?

Former STL from Austin. Pros Good pay and benefits (and yes, while I ended my career as an STL, I started as a part-time team member). Good career advancement opportunities Good vision and values Good work environment While corporate, it is still a... — read more 

So, floral team members with as little of us that are left how are you feeling going into 2016 Valentines Day? Are you feeling overworked taken advantage of even though your sales are and you have less floral workers to carry the load? Would you say... — read more 

Store Team Leader gets the boot even though this store has been infested for over 5 years. Everclean grades have never been higher than a "D" for total store. Most recently, Guest were dining with their family in the Cafe and had mice running across... — read more 

I'm thinking the stocks will go up a bit this time. The sales projections were totally softballed especially for a holiday season, but since nothing has changed here the stocks will slide right back down within weeks. Unless, perhaps Wall Street... — read more 

If anyone as any new information about the "direction" the company is going in based on what is being discussed at the EPIC right now, could you please share? Not looking for any gossip, although speculation based on facts could work. Thanks.

I just went through this and have read reports from others as well....If you selected the bridge option, MAKE SURE THEY CHANGE YOUR RATE OF PAY!!! Go online and make sure in workday that your pay was adjusted...If you were already within the TM rate... — read more 

This is coming from a former employee of WFM that decided to leave the company (on good terms) months ago. I'm seeing a lot of complaining about their situations. You can't change WFM, just let them crash and burn. As for you, the employee, you need... — read more 

Just curious most of the post seemy to focus on other regions.

You have a lot of managers telling people what to do and pretending to be busy with work while you check out the 14 Year Olds that come in because your wives are too fat or ugly to f---. Also, if you weren't checking them out with them, your the one... — read more 

Store Team Leader gets the boot even though this store has been infested for over 5 years. Everclean grades have never been higher than a "D" for total store. Most recently, Guest were dining with their family in the Cafe and had mice running across... — read more 

Could anyone give details about this ratio changing? It was 70/30 for awhile then 65/35. Is this still the ratio? My tl says yes it's still the ratio this won't change, but I don't believe them. Plus so many FTers are leaving or getting targeted I'm... — read more 

Is there any word of anything besides coffee flipping back to other departments this or next FP?

With the stock diving, the big sharks will be spending some serious cash at the Epic hotel. As of today, a room is at $399. Now let's assume 100 people are coming for this gathering, staying for 5 days. Do the maths! www.epichotel.com

Explain two things please, Mr. Mackey. One, what have the Crisis Team done since you 'hired' them, that has benefited the company in a meaningful way. Two, to maintain transparency, how much is this team being compensated? I'm not alone in wondering... — read more 

Who remembers when they sent margaret wittenberg up to capitol hill to help lobby/craft this legislation..they proclaimed it was about standards but it really was a move to keep competitors out off our cash cow..it bought us about 7-8 years dominance... — read more 

Hope everyone's excited about this. Just have to say a warm and heartfelt 'THANKS' to all of the E-Team, for your innovations, and to the Regional Team, the presidents vice presidents coordinators assistant coordinators leadership networks conscious... — read more 

http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/26/investing/whole-foods-prices-stock/

Wow! I can't believe there's no mention of the "beef" pepperoni pizza recall on here. Apparently this company brand product has been mis labeled for a while and it's just now getting noticed. Get the Crisis Team on this one ASAP!! LOL

My heart goes out to those expectant TM s that have nothing else beyond the birth of their child to look forward to post-birth. To name but a few ErnestYoung (about 10months) , Cisco (6months) Google (5months) all PAID TIME OFF. This company offers... — read more 

Does anyone else notice how every business media outlet is posting about how whole foods is failing and stock is down to half of what it was in 2013 and yet the motley fool keeps publishing rah rah articles on how amazing whole foods is. Funny John... — read more 

more media bashing to pricing......no response.. outdated product all over the shelves.. pizza recalled because of stupidity...again... more bad pizza press... stores look disheveled, who is running the ship? too many regional coordinators not... — read more 

More than 70% of the respondents told Bania that they had not noticed any changes in prices in Whole Foods over the past three months -- even though the company has touted its efforts to lower prices to be more competitive with supermarkets

Noticing more electronic shelf tags are blank or very hard to read. As a customer, this stinks. Why pay $2 more for butter at WF than at Central Market for the exact same product? Lower prices? Shouldn't I pay less for bread since now I have to learn... — read more 

Slice your own bread? Nut machines always jammed with no one who knows how to fix them. Always out of stock on several things. Definitely feeling the losses of good employees as a customer, especially at Park Lane Dallas. It has become so dumpy. And... — read more 

Who will be held accountable for realigning lines of product to one team and then realigning it to another, causing loss of money and labor?

Hi Guys, laid off person here. Does anyone know the policy on using WFM as a job reference? I'm speaking of something more than just confirming that I worked there. I couldn't find out anything from the gig and was given no info. when I left. Trying... — read more 

Why are we paying people $25 an hour to count product? It makes absolutely ZERO sense.

Named Of ASTL. HMO. too bad team members cannot trust the hotline and or their in store leadership. Or the TMS How many people have to complain?!

Here is the thread: @FxlEJRE - so much for Costco never laying people off

Im thinking it was about 2005,when our stock was riding that real estate bubble inflation.we still had pretty good benefits,a ton of full time employees and the company was growing at a steady clip.it has been a slow screw since the bush jr. Years... — read more 

Don't get me wrong - I think one of the great things that makes WFM unique is our return policy. Didn't like? Bring it back. Wasn't what you expected? Bring it back. Feel like it didn't work well? Bring it back. But what about all of those who... — read more