Overview

• Jason Buechel said multiple approval layers in the grocery unit are “ridiculous” and waste time on administrative red tape.
• Under the “One Grocery” plan, teams across Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go are being unified into a single operating structure.
• A public filing shows at least 125 employees in the Amazon Fresh division were laid off this week after a Seattle-area store closure.
• The company has targeted slow-moving spending and transaction policies for streamlining to eliminate bureaucratic bottlenecks.
• Amazon has also scaled back its cashierless Just Walk Out technology and slowed Fresh store expansion while maintaining optimism about the grocery market.