Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at $13.7 billion

CNBC ^ | June 16, 2017 | Sarah Whitten

[surroundedbyblue]

Agree with everything you wrote

[Cinnamontea]

Whole Foods' CEO, John Mackey, who's a libertarian, got into trouble when he severely criticized Obamacare a few years ago. Left-wingers boycotted the store for a brief time. I've always liked Whole Food--the quality of their vegetables and meat alone is enough to shop there--but I made a point of shopping there several times a month after Mackey spoke out. Still do. Mackey is a good guy who worked his rear off to get where he is.

[Cinnamontea]

Totally agree. I wouldn't buy my meat anywhere other than Whole Foods.

[montag813]

This move buries Kroger, WalMart, Costco, Target, Best Buy (and many others) all at once. They just don’t know it yet. The market does. Take a look. Bloodbath.

[montag813]

We are not the target demographic of this move. High income and net worth people are the target.

At first, sure. But that's not how it will be in 5 years. Massive distribution shift in the U.S.

[central_va]

I go to Whore Foods for the entertainment. It is a lot of fun.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Right. The only reason Whole Foods is still around is snob appeal from lib yuppies.

[slickdain]

wf had no choice

[pfony1]

I wonder how much money the US Post Office loses by providing bargain “delivery services” for Amazon?

Why should taxpayers subsidize Amazon’s profits?

Or the anti-American propaganda spewed by the WaPo?

[radiohead]

I’ve ordered two Amazon Pantry boxes now. I like it and will use it more once I start incorporating it into my grocery shopping and not just testing the service.

I’ve also just started with Thrive and like their choices - cheaper than my local hippie store (we don’t have a Whole Foods or Trader Joes) and more choices than the grocery (which tries, but can’t do it all).

Some people may not get the idea of grocery shopping online, but for years I lived in Seattle w/o a car. On the east coast, I could shop and easily get a cab, but not in Seattle. I used the store’s online shopping to get food delivered. Worked great, so I don’t have a problem with it.

If I didn’t have to leave my house, I wouldn’t. : )

[gunnyg]

Could be OK.....”IF” THEY CUT THE USPS OUTTA THE ACT—WHO WOULD WANT THE MOST INEPT unORGANIZATION (gubmin) ON THE PLANET w/A HAND IB DELIVERING YOUR STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TELL THE WORLD!

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[sarge83]

Cheap Amazon Prime membership for those on government assistance, check!

Buy a grocery chain, check!

Target group of people to lazy to go to the grocery store, check!

Make a fortune on EBT cards!!!

[SoFloFreeper]

Yes, the beef there is very good.

[semimojo]

Perfect setup for the Trump Administration to send a message . . . Jeff Bezos buys the Washington Post personally . . . time for the FTC to investigate this. And investigate, and investigate.

Not really what I want our government to be doing.