People may complain about it all but Whole Foods does a great job at supplying all that stuff that you can't find any where else.
Other grocery stores do not have a better selection of hormone-free and antibiotic-free dairy, poultry and meat items.
When Jeff Bezos plans to cut the number of employees then there will be no more samples, cuz who is going to put those out? Some robot?
And, when he plans to cut the prices of everything what that really means is that the suppliers are going to lose money.
I don't see this takeover as good for anyone except Jeff Bezos.
Remember back in the 1990s when everybody though Microsoft was going to take over the world? Then it was Google. Then it was Apple. Now it’s Amazon’s turn to be the corporate bogeyman.
Amazon isn't even a very profitable company, so I'm not sure what their long-term prospects are going to be.
Third, it means that food like everything else is becoming a commodity.
Food is THE original commodity. It is the quintessential commodity.
Anti-trust and monopoly laws be damned.
Savage went on a tirade the other day ranting and raving asking why Trump let this happen, why didn’t he stop it, etc etc etc, not sure what he expected Trump to do.
Amazon should have stopped expanding like the Blob (remember the movie?) when it got to groceries. Now it’s just power, power, power. It’s going to become too big and that will be its downfall.
No, the government should not break it up. The government needs to stay out of this.
A hundred years ago it was Sears Roebucks. Twenty years ago it was Walmart. Amazon will grow as long as they maintain a viable business model that fits the wants and desires of the public.
Guess what...Amazon prices are going up. I have AMZ Prime, was buying a lot of stuff there, but have almost stopped.
Typical, dare I say it, liberal hyperventilation complete with a one size fits all view of the world. And let’s face it: liberal snobs hate it when the hoi polloi get access to their luxuries.
I’m no fan of bezos, but lets look at what positives this allows:
-People who are homebound have choices and a whole new universe of foods and products delivered right to their door. Same for folks in rural areas or those living in so called food deserts.
-Those of us who are foodies will have all sorts of new options that aren’t locally available.
-Stores that are inefficiently run or overpriced will be forced to compete or perish.
-Less traffic for people just going to the store to buy routine groceries.
-Lower overheads for food businesses.
The Bell System was the system of companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by AT&T, which provided telephone services to much of the United States and Canada from 1877 to 1984, at various times as a monopoly.
On December 31, 1983, the system was broken up into independent companies by a U.S. Justice Department mandate. (Source: Wikipedia)
Mark my words, even though amazon is a lib outfit run by king lib bezos, whole foods libs will fight him...this won’t be pretty to watch...some nose rings may be torn out.
I remember when people were laughing at the overvalued bookseller that would never amount to anything.
Think about all the companies over the years thought to be too big to fail. Sears,Kmart, Montgomery Ward, A & P, etc., etc..
Amazon is not infallible, they will make mistakes, may have made one with WF, how long can they keep going as growth company, not really showing any profits and not paying any dividends???
“...so now, every restaurant is Taco Bell.”