2 What might managers do to avoid such outcomes? Whole Foods has grown from a small store in Austin, Texas, to a Fortune 500 company with $10. 1 billion sales in 2012 and 316 stores now in the US, the UK and Canada (Whole Foods, 2013). Team structure and group pay are key to the overall operation. Whole Foods stores are organised into teams based on the different product categories: produce, meat, seafood, grocery, speciality, prepared, nutrition products and customer service. Each team functions as a strategic business unit, charged with responsibility for profits and losses.