Posted on 05/16/2018 12:06:40 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts
Amazon and Whole Foods Market are making a surgical strike in the already brutal grocery price war.
On Wednesday, Whole Foods debuted a much-anticipated loyalty program that offers special discounts to Prime customers, including 10 percent off hundreds of sale items and rotating weekly specials such as $10 per pound off wild-caught halibut steaks.
Those perks are available now in Florida and will roll out to all other stores starting this summer. Amazon previously announced free two-hour delivery from Whole Foods stores for members of Prime, its subscription club with fast shipping and video streaming.
The new loyalty strategy will test whether Amazon's $13.7 billion deal for Whole Foods brings much-feared disruption and an intensified price war to the $800 billion U.S. grocery industry dominated by Walmart and Kroger.
Whole Foods, with 463 U.S. stores and roughly 1 percent share of the fragmented U.S. grocery market, has gained momentum since the Amazon merger last summer, Whole Foods co-founder and Chief Executive John Mackey told Reuters.
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Amazon and Whole Foods Market are making a surgical strike in the already brutal grocery price war.
Now, I wonder how that aforementioned Liberal, Elitist-Lite clientele will react to hordes of "regular" people...you know, the Great Unwashed they look down their noses at...coming in to 'their' Organic, gentrified haven.
It might be interesting to observe on occasion.
Related to WF clentele, I saw a millennial there pay for a bottle of truffle oil with an EBT card.
Would this only apply with online sales or could you use your prime membership at the stores? How would they know you are a prime member?
I notice in my neck of the woods the big competitor to Whole Food is “Fresh Thymes” and they’ve been having some killer sales on seafood. We’ve gotten some jumbo scallops and lobster tails in the last month that cost half what they usually cost on the shelf. I wonder if this is in response?
Whole Foods, or as it is known ... Whole Paycheck Foods...
ha ha
cutting prices is the answer yes indeedie
carrots there were $8 a pound and that was at least 15 years ago. when carrots were about 39 cents a pound elsewhere
we never went back, ha!
[10 percent off hundreds of sale items and rotating weekly specials such as $10 per pound off wild-caught halibut steaks]
LOL -what a sale /s - haven’t ever been there but I laugh when I see “Whole Paycheck”. I’m sure it’s too expensive for me.
Wear our ICE jackets and MAGA to clear out the ones you mentioned.
Wait til Amazon stats selling health Insurance! It’s coming.
Would this only apply with online sales or could you use your prime membership at the stores? How would they know you are a prime member?
Having a Prime Credit card would be a good start.
That would seem to logically follow. Bezos is a crazy liberal.
It isn’t cutting prices.
The initial price break on a few items was much fanfare and little sizzle as well.
IF you buy into Prime and IF you are in Florida...
A few days ago I checked out the prices at Whole Foods, still way too high. Trader Joe’s always has better prices.
Letting my Alexa subsidized Prime subscription lapse. Not sure when because Amazon keeps extending it when they miss on the free shipping. Never shopped for groceries at either Amazon.com or Whole Foods. Have stopped shopping the warehouses too. Local grocers are very competitive and have better quality meets and produce.
Why not a prime membership card or your number like at Sam’s club.
I have a Trader Joe’s & Whole Foods right down the street....I use Traders every time. Better prices & better products. Only went into Whole Foods once. The prices were wack.
I prefer Trader Joe’s and then Sprouts, which to me is like an affordable Whole Foods.
For regular items I love the new Sams Scan and Go app - payment without standing in the checkout line makes it easy to go to Sams at any time.
truffle oil???????????????????
WTF is truffle oil? (or do we really want to know?)
ha ha
imagine I’ve lived my entire life without any Truffle Oil!
I feel SO very, very “Victimized” by this terrible, inhumane deprivation!
“How would they know you are a prime member?”
Mark of the Beast barcodes tattooed on foreheads? Chip implants?
Or maybe you could swipe your card or type your phone number into the keypad, like other supermarkets...
I like Sprout’s. I only get selected items there; usually fruits and vegetables on weekly sales.
DID get a package of their chicken wings (pre-cooked). Poured some additional wing sauce on it. Good snack.
Burp
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