CEO of Whole Foods Market (WFM)Jason Buechel will take on an expanded responsibility leading Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS), announced Worldwide Amazon Stores CEO Doug Herrington.
Mr Buechel has been with WFM since 2013. Prior to his role as CEO, he served as COO, providing operational leadership over all WFM physical stores, and overseeing the company’s technology, supply chain and distribution, store real estate and design, and HR functions.
“In his time as CEO, he has unlocked our ability to make high-quality natural and organic groceries more affordable and accessible to customers, helping WFM achieve record sales growth and expand to over 535 locations,” Mr Herrington said.
Since creating a single WWGS organisation in 2022, Amazon has made notable progress in its vision to make grocery shopping simpler, faster, and more affordable for customers, says Mr Herrington.
“We’ve taken steps to integrate our huge grocery selection across our broader logistics network, and create a more seamless experience for customers, especially Prime members. This work will continue under Jason’s leadership,” he said.
“I am incredibly energized by our momentum in grocery. Our new Grocery Subscription is getting fantastic response from customers. We continue to be focused on great selection and value at Whole Foods Market, Amazon Fresh, and Amazon Go. We’re getting great feedback on our new and redesigned Amazon Fresh stores. We’re also excited by new experiments, like in Phoenix, where customers can shop tens of thousands of grocery items – including fresh groceries – alongside millions of Amazon.com products, and have them delivered, together, in hours.”
Joining the stores leadership team as VP, Mr Buechel will report directly to Mr Herrington, while Claire Peters (Amazon Fresh, Amazon Go, and Grocery Partnerships ) and Anand Varadarajan (who lead all of product and technology for WWGS) will report to Mr Buechel.
