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Whole Foods Market Core Values

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Whole Foods Market is a conglomerate of more than a dozen different acquired natural food grocery stores whose mission and vision fell right in line with that of the parent store. The Whole Food Market Core Values are far reaching and touch several significant ideologies including; providing quality products, customer satisfaction, employee happiness, wealth creation, community service, environmental conservancy, building sustainable supplier partnerships, and healthy eating promotion. Their Mission goes beyond providing whole healthy foods that are both good to and for their customers to contributing to a greater good. More so than just for profit, they focus on the triple bottom line for people, planet and profit; which is incorporated into …show more content…

I remember speaking with one of their produce managers many years ago, and he was raving about the benefits (even more than the salary) that were offered to each employee. He had worked in produce for several years but said he had never witnessed a company like this, offering benefits like this or produce like this. Furthering his claim, according to their website, they have been named Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” every year since the list’s inception in 1998. The Whole Foods Market claim is that their 80,000 team members are the secret to their success. If you’ve ever shopped at a Whole Foods Market, you’ll more than likely encounter several of their pleasant and eager-to help team members who would make you wonder, “What are they so happy about?” The employee benefits package is extensive and includes perks such as a minimum 20% shopping discount, a broad healthcare package, stock purchase amongst many more

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