Jason Buechel will expand his role to oversee Amazon’s Worldwide Grocery Stores business, including Amazon Go convenience stores and Amazon Fresh physical and online stores, while also continuing to serve as Whole Foods Market CEO.

In his expanded role, Buechel will oversee Amazon's roster of grocers, including Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh, Amazon Go and other grocery partnerships, as the division looks for ways to boost revenue. He will keep his role as CEO of Austin-based Whole Foods.

On Monday, workers at Philadelphia’s Center City Whole Foods Market voted 130–100 to be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. It marks the first time an Amazon-owned Whole Foods store has voted to unionize—and it is one of the first major union elections of the second Trump presidency.

Workers at a flagship Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania voted to unionize and become the first union in the grocery chain's history.

Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Pennsylvania have voted to unionize, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the Amazon-owned grocery store chain.

Worldwide Amazon Stores CEO Doug Herrington has revealed that Whole Foods Market (WFM) CEO Jason Buechel will take on an expanded responsibility. Buechel has been named VP of Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) while maintaining his current role at Whole Foods.

A majority of workers at a Whole Foods Market store in Philadelphia voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers International union, giving organized labor a new foothold at parent company Amazon.

SEATTLE — Amazon has tapped Whole Foods Market chief executive officer Jason Buechel to oversee its grocery business as vice president of Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores.

Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia became the first group to unionize under the grocery store chain. The vote came months after it filed to hold a union election in November.

Amazon.com Inc.’s Whole Foods Market chief has been tapped to run the retail giant’s entire grocery business. Jason Buechel will become the vice president of worldwide grocery stores, Amazon retail chief Doug Herrington said in a note to employees,

Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia are voting on whether to form the first union in the Amazon-owned chain. The company is pushing back. By Danielle Kaye Reporting from Philadelphia At a ...