Whole Foods Trims HQ Staff
Aug 18, 2008 12:00 PM, By MARK HAMSTRA
By: By MARK HAMSTRAAUSTIN, Texas — Bad news continued to besiege Whole Foods Market last week, as the company said it would lay off 49 employees at its headquarters here, according to local reports.
In addition, the company escalated a massive ground-beef recall and took a step deeper into its antitrust showdown with the Federal Trade Commission.
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