Business News
Corporate Whole Foods Staff Will Soon Receive Employment Offers From Amazon
The compensation packages will reportedly include new titles, salaries, and benefits.
By Sherin Shibu
Whole Foods
Business News
Lawsuit Alleges Pickle Brand Stole 100-Year-Old Recipe to Create Nearly Identical Product Sold in Whole Foods: ‘Massive Violation of Trust’
The lawsuit claims that Patriot Pickles, which has made pickles for Wahlburgers and Whole Foods 365 brand, stole Grillo's century-old family recipe after their contract expired.
Thought Leaders
The CEO of Whole Foods Shares the 9 Tips That Help Him Run His Company for the Greater Good
Jason Buechel, CEO of Whole Foods Market, shares the best leadership advice he's picked up over the course of his career.
By Jason Nazar
Business News
Whole Foods to Lay Off Hundreds of Corporate Employees in Company-Wide Restructuring of Certain Teams
The company announced on Thursday that new changes would impact employees in "different ways."
Business News
Amazon Is Now Charging a Fee For Some UPS Store Returns
The online retail giant wants $1 for some returns not made at Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods, or Kohl's.
Business News
San Francisco Whole Foods Closes To ‘Ensure Safety’ of Employees
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that a man overdosed in the restroom seven months ago. The nearly 65,000-square-foot flagship had only been open for a year.
Business News
Panera Bread Is Testing a Sci-Fi-Esque Amazon Payment System — and Privacy Concerns Abound
The tech's already been pulled from one major Colorado venue after pushback.
By Amanda Breen
Business News
Amazon Opens Revolutionary Whole Foods With Technology That Could Make More Than 3 Million U.S. Jobs Obsolete
The new store is using technologies similar to that of self-driving cars.
By Amanda Breen
Thought Leaders
The CEOs of YouTube, Slack and Whole Foods All Have Liberal Arts Degrees. Here’s Why That Matters
Experience in liberal and fine arts can give you a creative edge.
By Nick Wolny
Business News
Warren Buffett Turned Down the Chance to Buy Whole Foods in 2017, CEO John Mackey Says
Whole Foods CEO and cofounder John Mackey and his team approached Buffett about a buyout, but the billionaire investor and head of Berkshire Hathaway said it wouldn't be a good fit.
Entrepreneurs
Plant-Based in a Pinch: The Frozen Food Aisle Is Turning Vegan, Organic, and Nutritious
Cheap, nutritionally lacking foods aren't the only options in the freezer section anymore.
Business News
Amazon Opens the First Permanent Online-Only Whole Foods Store
It'll exclusively serve Brooklyn customers.
Business News
Plant-Based Egg From Just to Soon Be Available Nationwide in Whole Foods
The convincing egg replacement is made out of mung beans.
Online Presence
Jack Dorsey Picks Elon Musk as ‘Most Exciting’ User, Amazon Buys Eero and Prices Spike at Whole Foods (60-Second Video)
Here are three things entrepreneurs should know today.
By Hayden Field
Business News
The ‘Amazon Effect’: How Ecommerce Will Change in 2019 and Beyond
The Amazon Effect is real, but it doesn't mean that Amazon is the only ecommerce player that will matter in 2019.
By AJ Agrawal
Thought Leaders
How Whole Foods CEO John Mackey Is Leading a Revolution in Health and Business
Business has a much broader positive impact on the world when it is based on a higher purpose.
Entrepreneurs
10 Simple Lifestyle Changes Science Is Confident Will Help You Live Longer
The science is in, and the path to a longer life is astonishingly easy to follow: Live exactly the way your great-grandparents did -- but do yoga, too.
Marketing
How the Amazon Whole Foods Acquisition Will Disrupt Food Marketing
The deal brings the power of SEO to selling groceries.
By Jake Rheude
Building a Business
What Do the Major Changes at Whole Foods Mean for Food Entrepreneurs?
The Amazon-owned grocery chain recently created a stir after it decided to streamline its decision-making process.
Business News
10 Leadership Lessons From Amazon’s Massive Success
Take a lot of risks and run with the ones that pan out.
By John Rampton
Business News
‘Seeing Someone Cry at Work Is Becoming Normal’: Employees Say Whole Foods Is Using ‘Scorecards’ to Punish Them
Whole Foods are using checklists called 'scorecards' and tests called 'walks' to ensure stores comply with a new inventory-management system.
Building a Business
3 Steps to Selling Your Business Without Sacrificing Its Soul
Honoring a company's culture in the midst of change should be a priority. Otherwise, an acquisition may fall apart.
Building a Business
What the Amazon Whole Foods Acquisition Has in Store for Supermarkets: Digital Disruption
But, would you believe that other disruptors are already gearing up, too? Say hello to Instacart, Uber EATS and Google Shopping Express.
Building a Business
The Small Business Guide to Thriving in the Amazon-Whole Foods Era
The looming threat to all store owners is clear: Adapt digitally or die.
Business News
3 Entrepreneurial Lessons From the Amazon/Whole Foods Mega-Merger
The entrepreneurial community should be watching this deal with bated breath for the revolutionary retail repercussions sure to come.
By Per Bylund
Business News
Amazon’s Whole Foods Deal Will Remake Strip Malls
What happens to small businesses if grocery stores shut down?
By Brian Watson
Business News
With Whole Foods Purchase, Amazon Just Bought a Playground for Big Data
Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods isn't about automating checkout -- it's about bringing Amazon's online analytics to the offline world.