Pretty much the same thing, they are opening a bunch of smaller stores, layoffs and store closures across the country - it's lively here on layoffs dot com - here is their thread: &wal-mart-stores (also &kmart is closing many stores) - things are not... — read more 

http://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-closes-hundreds-of-stores-2016-1

http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/14/news/companies/whole-foods-collard-greens-black-twitter/

Have a store with negative (-) $200K in deep Red Sea Talk as much as possible at all meetings ( sense or no sense)

Publix Super Markets is getting a new CEO after Ed Crenshaw announced his retirement on Wednesday. The company announced that Crenshaw will step down effective April 30. Upon Crenshaw’s retirement, current company President Todd Jones will become... — read more 

Post them here.

Data

Still not seeing it happen..and even on the items that they raised prices on,which inthought would get lowered back to the already high original price,havent changed either...hmmmm..and how much of our good comp years was driven by price changes... — read more 

Those who work in TMS are good friends with the STL and there's a good chance you WON'T be able to keep your job after speaking up about legitimate issues. This is regardless of whether or not you stay anonymous

http://m.fastcompany.com/3055035/the-future-of-work/you-should-plan-on-switching-jobs-every-three-years-for-the-rest-of-your-life

I'm worried about the Midwest, we had a ton of layoffs back in September and am worried about more. Anyone have insight as to how MW is doing in comps, and how it is seen compared to other regions?

Apparently, a certain team of (8 Employees) got 23 cents each in their last labor surplus payout! This is what this company has come down to! Simply pathetic!

Word has spread through the city about layoffs and people who have been here 10+ years getting fired. That doesn't foster the atmosphere of a great company to work for. My team is short 5 people right now and we aren't getting anyone to apply. They... — read more 

Sumpins up buckaroos cause STLs don't get vacay the week between Xmas and New Year's ever. STL @QRY was supposed to open but called in Thursday morning saying, well, that something came up.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-worst-employers-pageant-0107-biz-20160106-story.html

http://www.religionnews.com/2016/01/04/rabbi-whole-foods-gafni-petition/

That's the rumor I heard today, cannot back it up though

http://www3.forbes.com/business/americas-best-employers-2015/18/

What rumors have we heard so far?

Don't look now but in addition to numerous stores in the Atlanta metro, Sprouts is opening up a new store in Franklin, TN just down the street from us. Unlike our dysfunctional organization, they are not stuck with an inefficient, half-baked crappy... — read more 

How much does your store get autoshipped and have to shrink? This is one of our biggest wastes!

TJ is hiring in 2016 here in West Los Angeles

All those ppl that supported new store openings! Complete waste of company resources! Only 10% of those tms truly cared about helping us get on our feet-it was a gathering of Egos- "let me show off how awesome, cool, efficient, goal driven, computer... — read more 

Now don't all of you feel stupid? Starting gossip about nothing. Good job. It should be people like yourselves who get laid off.

Everyone hinted something BIG was going down today, did it? Post it so inquiring minds know #wholefoodsmarket

Okay, I was FfzezUu-1cwg. I was wondering how long the Crisis Team would take to have a new spin on all of the goings-on in the media in the last 72 hours. Something to present to the world. There have been some things thrown out in the media which... — read more 

Those two brands keep getting nailed on this site (& with good reason), what are some other brands that we insist on trying to sell? Here's a few I just don't get: Susty Party, If You Care, Go Raw, Gluten-Freeda... Oh. And Patrick Bradley CDs.

"Forgot how to take care of their customers...." What about forgetting about their team members???!! You know the people who take care of their customers!! This is where they have gone wrong. Horrible management and stl's!!! Until this gets fixed -... — read more 

I started at wholefoods 3 months ago as a dishwasher in one of the NC stores. That's what I do. I start at 7am and my first task is to gather dirty dishes in a tub. Then I bring them to the pit. then I commence to spray off dirty dishes, after which... — read more 

It's interesting what's revealed about people's character isn't it! I bet none of you told your interviewer when you got hired that you were negative naysayers that would someday turn the knife in our backs! No- you convinced us that you would be... — read more 

Since i work in the florida region our biggest competitor is publix,with trader joes just now getting in down here recently..i still hear on a daily basis from shoppers at wfm " yeah but we still gotta stop at publix,after this..." we are an... — read more 

No. 5: John Mackey and Walter Robb, co-CEOs, Whole Foods After pioneering the natural and organic foods market back in 1980 and masterfully scaling that concept into a nationwide chain of supermarkets, Whole Foods is now besieged on all sides by... — read more 

This is KARMA at work!