The safety specialist will throw every Jim and Jack under the bus in order to survive this one.
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WFM is too arrogant to care about their customers' safety. They only care about the stock price because they need to pay back that billion in debt they just saddled themselves with and they want to look pretty on paper. However, that same arrogance means they fail to realize how neglecting the basics of sound business will cause the stock to plummet. Investors aren't going to be charmed by just a "pretty face". They will be looking at how the business is being run. Apparently management is running the business alright---running it into the dirt!
Yes, these clueless execs are as valuable to the company as the anvil is to Wile E. Coyote when he's trying to scramble back to safety.
In Florida, check where the cut fruit and veggies are displayed. Within 20 feet of the front entrance. So every time those front doors open up they get blasted with that Florida heat and humidity. Anybody hungry ?
They could come to all the old stores in the florida region and probably come up with all kinds of violations...tropical humidity is great for microbes
what happened the crisis team?
seems like everything with this company is a surprise...the weights and measures fiasco (after nothing was put in place post Ca), the competition...the canibalism of building ores 3 miles from each other....the reduction in customer service by hiring part time all over...
from time magazine:
FDA Warns Whole Foods of ‘Serious Violations’ After Inspections
FDA Warns Whole Foods of ‘Serious Violations’ After Inspections
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A shopper walks in front of a Whole Foods store in Franklin, Tenn. on April 30, 2016.
Including conditions that support the growth of the bacteria that causes listeria
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned Whole Foods of a series of “serious violations” it found while inspecting a food preparation facility in Massachusetts, including conditions that support the growth of the bacteria that causes listeria.
The FDA detailed its findings from inspections conducted in February in a lengthy letter it sent to Whole Foods executives last Wednesday. The facility packed and prepared food under “insanitary conditions whereby they may have been contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health,” the letter said.
The violations stemmed from employees handling products in areas where “condensate from ceiling joints was dripping onto the surface below,” according to the FDA. Employees were also spotted touching exposed products without washing their hands or changing gloves after first cleaning work surfaces.
FDA laboratory analysis of swabs taken from surfaces where food makes contact at the site also confirmed the presence of the bacteria Listeria welshimeri, which was non-pathogenic, meaning it is incapable of causing disease. Still, its presence is seen as an indicator for the probable presence of Listeria monocytogenes, the FDA said.
“This finding demonstrates that conditions exist in and on your equipment that would support the presence and growth of Listeria monocytogenes and indicates that your cleaning and sanitation practices may not be adequate,” the letter said. “Your firm should consider improving your environmental monitoring program to verify the adequacy of your cleaning and sanitation operation.”
Whole Foods said it has addressed and corrected each of the issues identified in the letter. The company also said the “thorough ”steps it took to address the violations were not reflected in the FDA’s letter. “We were honestly surprised,” Ken Meyer, global vice president of operations for Whole Foods Market, said in a statement. “We’ve been in close contact with the FDA, opened our doors to inspectors regularly since February and worked with them to address every issue brought to our attention.”
ken meyers quote made me giggle...
"we were honestly suprised".