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Amazon Draws Whole Foods Closer in Grocery Unit Reorganization
A worker prepares products at a Whole Foods store in New York.
Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/BloombergAmazon.com Inc. is exerting more control over Whole Foods Market, largely ending the independence the grocery chain had retained since being acquired eight years ago.
Under a reorganization announced last week, Whole Foods’ corporate employees are joining Amazon’s programs for pay, benefits and other functions.