Whole Foods Warehouse Jobs Could Be First To Go After Amazon’s Acquisition
In an almost iRobot global takeover scenario, Bloomberg News is predicting that Amazon will change the distribution side of Whole Foods with new technology, meaning potential job cuts at the warehouse level.
Reports say that in looking for ways to reduce cost, Amazon took a good hard look at the Whole Foods’ distribution centers, and technology. While machines could soon take over the warehouses, it’s not exactly the same as Amazon’s mostly-machine-run distribution centers, as they’d have to make sure delicate food such as fruits and seafood are not adversely affected.
As far as hints that have been publicly dropped, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey said about Amazon’s reputable technology, that he felt they would get “A lot of those innovations in our stores.”
While Amazon’s 2016 introduction of a cashier-less grocery store would make you believe that cashiers would be the first to go after the Whole Foods acquisition, it might very well be the employees that customers rarely see who are affected.
It’s also good to note that Bloomberg’s inside source asked to be unnamed, and both Amazon and Whole Foods declined to comment on the matter, so all of this is purely speculation at the moment.
