I wonder if they're going to implement Amazon Go in Whole Foods
https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16008589011
Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B
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#12I wonder if they will keep the brand or change it to Amazon.
Said it will operate as a standalone business for now.
Completely standalone, or integrated into the Amazon infrastructure while maintaining the Whole Foods brand and product line? I could see Amazon using whole foods as a kind of local "base" for grocery delivery services. Having a physical store to offload perishables onto if online demand doesn't match supply really makes sense.
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#13Aw, poor Blue Apron.
Poor Instacart too. Can't imagine they'll keep them around for long.
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#14What does this mean for Instacart I wonder? Will Amazon shut them off from their stores?
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#15Checkmate, brick and mortar!! Amazon is eating the world.
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#16Better buy than Slack for $9B.
I was thinking exactly the same thing except that WF might be a less profitable business.
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#17I'd be curious about what this also means for Instacart given their strategic partnership with Whole Foods and their direct competition with Amazon Fresh.
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#18I wonder if they're going to implement Amazon Go in Whole Foods https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16008589011
pretty sure that's the partly the motivation behind the acquisition
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#19Oof. 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 - includ…
It's nice to see non-union employees treated well and paid well, not because of any negative feelings toward unions or unionization, but because I think it shows that you can be a successful capitalist without trying to suck every ounce of productivity and profit out of your lowest-paid employees.
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#20What does this mean for Instacart I wonder? Will Amazon shut them off from their stores?
Probably. Which is good, because AmazonFresh has much better inventory control and tracking than Instacart—which has none.