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.

Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia are voting on whether to form the first union in the Amazon-owned chain. The company is pushing back.

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.

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.

Austin-based Whole Foods, which is owned by Amazon, is the latest grocery chain to contend with unionization after workers in Philly voted in favor.

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.

Whole Foods workers at the Spring Garden store have expressed frustration about low pay and want better health-care benefits.

Amazon Prime is expected to remain at the core of Amazon’s business strategy, continually evolving to meet consumer demands.

United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) beat expectations for the fourth quarter, but the company's forecast for 2025 was well short of expectations, in part because of a high-profile break with partner Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN).

Discretionary categories like luxury and big ticket home purchases performed disproportionately poorly as inflation remained sticky and interest rates remained high.