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chandler on June 16, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B

Well, Publix is employee owned, does that count?

Comparing the wikipedia sidebar shows Publix with more stores, revenue, and over twice the number of employees.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Foods_Market

I'm not going near Amazon, though.

1123581321 on June 16, 2017 | [–]

Employee-owned means the owners retired by selling the company through an employee stock purchase plan. Publix, Woodman's etc. are good places to work but they aren't communes or cooperatives.

toomuchtodo on June 16, 2017 | [–]

Fun fact: Publix is the largest employee-owned grocery chain in the US.

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