Whole Foods boosts employee engagement with an app built using Median.co

The natural and organic food retailer sought to facilitate employee scheduling and communications via a powerful internal app.

Whole Foods Market, a renowned leader in natural and organic food, is known for its commitment to quality and sustainability. In addition to its product offerings, the Amazon-owned company places high importance on the well-being, engagement, and employee experience of its 91,000+ workforce.

The team’s initial goal was to deliver on a mission critical mobile app for employees while also saving on the traditional cost of iOS & Android development. They met their goal, and then some, thanks to Median.

The Challenge: An app that streamlines employee shift scheduling and company communications

Whole Foods was looking to innovate their employee experience and simplify communications and shift schedule management. Enter the opportunity to launch a mobile app that provides employees with all the information and functionality they need in a convenient format.

The ideal solution would allow the Whole Foods team to leverage their existing capabilities in web development — specifically using the Vue.js JavaScript framework — without needing to expand their team and hire costly iOS and Android developers.

Primary app requirements

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Realize an app that enables store associates to access shift schedules and receive updates to shift changes and availability in real-time

Create a centralized platform for all internal communications, including space for employees to provide feedback

Side-step the need for — and high costs of — traditional iOS and Android development through a hybrid webview based architecture

Easily integrates native app functionality and features to a Vue.js web application

On our team we don’t have any iOS or Android native developers, thanks to Median [to support the Innerview app] we only need to focus on maintaining our Vue.js application.

Gonzalo Aragon

Front End Engineer @ Amazon/WFM

The Solution: In the Median.co platform, Whole Foods found a ‘natural’ choice for streamlined, sophisticated app development

To meet their requirements and realize their mobile app — WFM Innerview — Whole Foods Market chose Median.co, the leading webview app development platform. The Whole Foods team integrated a Vue.js web application and added native functionality using Median including:

Push notifications to deliver real-time scheduling alerts and broadcast announcements to employees.
QR code scanning functionality to link printed brochures and posters to corresponding information in the app.

Innerview is a new way to connect – with our company and with each other. It's a single entry point into Whole Foods Market, helping Team Members quickly find, know and do things in a way that’s easy to use and understand.

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Lasting Results: A full-feature app that improves employee experience — without extraordinary costs

The launch of Innerview brought about several positive outcomes for Whole Foods Market including enhanced communication, operational efficiencies, and more.

By leveraging Median.co’s innovative mobile app development platform to deliver on their employee-first app, Whole Foods Market benefits from a high quality app with seamless app updates. All while their existing web development team maintains a single Vue.js codebase — no iOS or Android app developers necessary.

Business impact snapshot: Whole Foods + Median.co

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Time savings: Streamlined development workflows and faster updates
Cost savings: Lower initial development and ongoing maintenance expenses
Higher-quality app offering: A robust, scalable solution that meets high standards
Increased employee engagement and experience: A more connected and productive workforce

Ultimately, by developing their Innerview mobile app using Median.co, Whole Foods Market can continue to focus on what it does best—serving its loyal customer base as one of North America’s most trusted grocery brands, while driving operational excellence from within.