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Whole Foods to cut corporate jobs and consolidate ops

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Whole Foods Market plans to cut several hundred corporate jobs and reorganize its grocery operations into six regions, down from nine. The Amazon.com-owned grocery chain is not planning to eliminate jobs in its stores or distribution centers.

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