Amazon-owned Whole Foods is laying off hundreds of corporate employees and axing some regional offices
Amazon-owned Whole Foods is laying off several hundred workers, continuing the recent job cuts at Amazon and its divisions.
Under the changes, Whole Foods will lay off workers on its global operations team. The company will also shed positions that manage different regions of its business. Whole Foods currently divides its stores into nine regions based on geography, but it will reduce that number to six, according to the memo.
The layoffs and reorganization will"further simplify our operations, make processes easier, and improve how we support our stores," according to the memo.Amazon has already cut at its corporate headquarters and other parts of its business. and paused some openings for its Amazon Fresh chain, which sells groceries using a smaller store format and lower prices than Whole Foods does.
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