Silver Spring, MD—FDA has issued a warning letter to Whole Foods Market for engaging in a pattern of receiving and offering for sale misbranded food products under their own brand name. In a press release, FDA explains that in some cases, Whole Foods would receive finished products for repackaging and...
Austin, TX—Whole Foods Market buyers and experts have unveiled their top 10 anticipated 2021 trends, according to a press release. It’s the company’s sixth annual trend prediction. Each year, a Trends Council of more than 50 Whole Foods Market team members compile trend predictions based on expertise in product sourcing,...
Brooklyn, NY—Whole Foods Market has opened its first delivery-only store in Brooklyn NY, according to Reuters. A press release from Amazon says that the planning for this store format began more than a year ago. [caption id="attachment_76672" align="alignnone" width="1024"] The interior of Amazon's new delivery-only Whole Foods Market. Image courtesy...
Austin, TX—September is Hunger Action Month, and Whole Foods Market announced that the company is kicking the month off with Nourishing our Neighborhoods. According to a press release, the program was created to expand capacity and capability for community-based food rescue organizations to move food from where it’s available to...
Austin, TX—Whole Foods Market has launched Home Ec 365, a digital curriculum designed to provide a contemporary take on the fundamentals of home economics, according to a press release. The course will teach students everything from creative baking swaps and ways to use food scraps to stocking up on grocery...
Boston, MA—Attorney General Maura Healey led a coalition of 13 attorneys general in calling on Amazon and Whole Foods Market to strengthen measures to protect the health and safety of their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release. The attorneys general sent a letter to the companies...
Austin, TX—Shoppers at Whole Foods Market are going to need to wear masks in the stores, according to a blog posted by Amazon on April 30. Shoppers who don’t have a mask of their own will be able to pick up a free disposable mask at the door. Specifically, according...
Workers at Amazon, Whole Foods Market, Instacart, and Shipt are planning a May Day walkout/sickout to protest their employers’ continuing failure to provide adequate protections in the workplace, according to a statement from the strike’s organizers. This is, the statement notes, a matter of life or death. The statement cites...
Correction: This article has been updated to clarify details of auction. Asheville, NC—In February, Earth Fare announced that had begun inventory liquidation sales at all of its stores. Today, the chain is reportedly making a comeback. Asheville Citizen Times reported that a group of local investors, including Earth Fare's founder,...
Increasing concerns over the health and safety of workers amid the spread of COVID-19 has lead to several strikes. Yesterday (March 30, 2020) employees at Amazon and Instacart announced plans to walk off the job in a show of solidarity for better pay and protection. Today, workers at Whole Foods...
