Whole Foods Market, owned by Amazon.com, is planning to restructure its operations in an effort to simplify its processes. As a result, a handful of corporate employees will be laid off over the next two months. The company has said that less than 0.5% of its workforce will be affected. Whole Foods will reduce its operating regions from nine to six and create a companywide operations team, transferring certain store support services from regions to a single team. The grocery chain also plans to open about 50 new locations. Although Amazon has been cutting costs, no store or facility closures are planned as part of the simplification process.