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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by indolering on Friday June 16, 2017 @09:30AM (#14568711)
> Here comes store automation and hefty lay-offs?

... or just expand and move people to new stores. Seriously, what's the yearly turnover for front-line positions?

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by scotchio on Friday June 16, 2017 @09:35AM (#14568763)
At least in my experience, a lot of employees at the store live and die for the company. Tons of growth / mobility. Lots of 5+ year long employees...
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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by indolering on Saturday June 17, 2017 @03:32AM (#14574738)
Sure, but I can't imagine every clerk who signs up for the job stays there forever. Even a 15%-25% attrition rate would allow the company to invest in automation without having to resort to layoffs.
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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by ZanyProgrammer on Friday June 16, 2017 @10:26AM (#14569273)
I worked for Palo Alto Whole Foods from 2008-2011, and I think one thing that really hurt the company was that they aggressively overexpanded.

Does Santa Cruz need two stores (Capitola is practically Santa Cruz)? A Blossom Hill store? Competing with Los Gatos and Campbell?

At the time (I was s cashier) WF culture was dead set against self checkout stands, because they really wanted someone to be there to help customers.

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by entwife on Friday June 16, 2017 @03:32PM (#14571979)
They have also over expanded in Berkeley/Oakland. Three WF between Lake Merritt and Albany is too many, and they are opening a 4th. They should open more in other parts of the East Bay, such as San Lorenzo, Freemont, other parts of Oakland, etc.

Only the 27th street WF is as good as the many, many other natural/whole/organic foods stores there.

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by ZanyProgrammer on Friday June 16, 2017 @05:53PM (#14572920)
They finally opened in Fremont a few years ago. A decent choice (though it cannibalizes some customers from PA)
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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by indolering on Saturday June 17, 2017 @03:30AM (#14574733)
> At the time (I was s cashier) WF culture was dead set against self checkout stands, because they really wanted someone to be there to help customers.

As opposed to having longer checkout lines? How about investing in a non-shitty self checkout stand?

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