Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B
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Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B
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Re: Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B
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#3I wonder if they will keep the brand or change it to Amazon.
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#4I wonder if they will keep the brand or change it to Amazon.
Said it will operate as a standalone business for now.
Re: Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B
#5I wonder if they'll roll out the tech they showed a few months ago for the store in Seattle where you didn't have to check out.
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#6Better buy than Slack for $9B.
Re: Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B
#7"Da $#&@?!"
Sometimes I forget just how big Amazon is.
... But it's nice to know I can get my artisanal, single-source, Fair Trade, organic, small-farm, no-GMO cucumber water with one day shipping now.
Re: Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B
#8Aw, poor Blue Apron.
Re: Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B
#9If the brick and mortar grocers weren't scared of Amazon before, they sure are now.
Re: Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B
#10Oof. I wonder what this means for Whole Foods culture and employees.
If you don't know, John Mackey, the CEO / founder, is a major believer in conscious capitalism and of empowering his employees.
Whole Food employees get paid pretty darn well with some crazy good benefits for their industry and line-of-work (UNION FREE most of the time too!).
WF banks on them being true believers and motivators of the cause - including dedicating a fair amount of paid time to trainings. I've heard mix stories about how Amazon treats employees. I wonder how that will mesh.
So I guess I'm asking:
* What is going to happen with employee culture?
* What is going to happen with all the "Fair Trade" deals WF has in place that might not be the most economical decision now?
* Here comes store automation and hefty lay-offs?
Source: Worked at WF for 3 years