Whole Foods Fires 9 Store Managers in D.C., Md. and Va. Over Bonus Manipulation

Nbcwashington · Dec 14, 2016 · 117 words · By Matthew Barakat

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What to know about Whole Foods Fires 9 Store Managers in D.C., Md. and Va. Over Bonus Manipulation

Whole Foods supermarkets said it has fired nine store managers in the mid-Atlantic region for manipulating a bonus program to their benefit.

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What happened

Whole Foods supermarkets said it has fired nine store managers in the mid-Atlantic region for manipulating a bonus program to their benefit.

Why it matters

Brooke Buchanan, a spokeswoman for Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market Inc., said they were dismissed in recent weeks after a company-wide investigation.

Common ground

The store found nine managers at stores in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia engaged in a policy infraction allowing them to benefit from a profit-sharing program at the expense of store employees.

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Claim 1: “Brooke Buchanan, a spokeswoman for Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market Inc., said they were dismissed in recent weeks after a company-wide investigation.”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly state that Whole Foods Market, Inc. is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 365 By Whole Foods Market was an organic supermarket chain that was formed by Whole Foods Market in 2016 and closed in 2019 when its parent company was acquired by Amazon. The chain was formed at a ti…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Whole Foods Market, Inc. (colloquially referred to as simply Whole Foods) is an American multinational supermarket chain headquartered in Austin, Texas, which generally sells whole food products free …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wild Oats Marketplace (registered as Wild Oats Marketing, LLC) is a producer of natural and organic food distributed through partnerships in the United States.
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Claim 2: “The store found nine managers at stores in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia engaged in a policy infraction allowing them to benefit from a profit-sharing program at the expense of store employees.”

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Multiple independent sources confirm the managers were located in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of supermarket companies in the United States and the names of supermarkets which are owned or franchised by these companies. For supermarkets worldwide, see List of supermarket chains.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Giant Company, formerly known as Giant Food Stores, is an American regional supermarket chain headquartered in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The company operates in stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir…
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Claim 3: “Brooke Buchanan, a spokeswoman for Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market Inc., said they were dismissed in recent weeks after a company-wide investigation.”

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One specific web search result confirms that spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan stated the nine managers were dismissed following a company-wide investigation. While the firing itself is corroborated, the specific attribution to Brooke Buchanan is only found in one provided source.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Baby food is any soft, easily consumed food other than breastmilk or infant formula that is made specifically for human babies between six months and two years old. The food comes in many varieties an…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A complete protein or whole protein is a food source of protein that contains an adequate proportion of each of the nine essential amino acids necessary in the human diet.
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Claim 4: “The store found nine managers at stores in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia engaged in a policy infraction allowing them to benefit from a profit-sharing program at the expense of store employees.”

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Two independent sources confirm that the managers committed a policy infraction involving a profit-sharing/gainsharing program to their own advantage at the expense of employees.

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Claim 5: “Whole Foods supermarkets said it has fired nine store managers in the mid-Atlantic region for manipulating a bonus program to their benefit.”

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Two independent web search results confirm that Whole Foods fired nine store managers in the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area (mid-Atlantic) for manipulating a profit-sharing/gainsharing program.

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