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Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers

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Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers

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Post by tapatio »

ilamont wrote: post #25

I am also an infrequent Whole Foods shopper. Some anecdata to share: I went to Whole Foods the week before the announcement and then again today. I was very sensitive to pricing on the first visit (and, frankly, was pretty surprised at how expensive most things were). On the second visit today, I noticed big drops in the prices of certain items, such as fish, produce, and yogurt. For instance, I don't think there was…

The apples you saw were picked 5-12 months ago. Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/supermarket-apples-10-months-...

Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers

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Post by mey »

cracell wrote: post #37
joezydeco wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you live in a town with a Whole Foods, you already know it's there. And nothing physically changed to the stores overnight. Announcing a price cut seems way more likely to draw in comparison shoppers to see what cuts were made, and if they compare to people's current regular supermarkets.

So along that line of thinking, everyone knows the McDonalds is there so there's no reason for McDonalds to ever pay for advertising.

Most of that is advertising deals and/or new products.

Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers

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Post by taurath »

joezydeco wrote: post #12
jamestimmins wrote: post #7

As the article hints, this jump is likely driven in part by the millions of dollars of free advertising Whole Foods received from the news, and not simply because there were price cuts.

If you live in a town with a Whole Foods, you already know it's there. And nothing physically changed to the stores overnight. Announcing a price cut seems way more likely to draw in comparison shoppers to see what cuts were made, and if they compare to people's current regular supermarkets.

Price is the #1 reason I do not choose to shop at Whole Foods. If they fixed price, I'd be in there a lot more - the food is generally better, but not so much better to justify the price increase (for me).

Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers

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Post by fenwick67 »

mey wrote: post #42
cracell wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So along that line of thinking, everyone knows the McDonalds is there so there's no reason for McDonalds to ever pay for advertising.

Most of that is advertising deals and/or new products.

Those deals and products are part of the marketing/advertising, not independent from it.

Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers

#45

Post by joezydeco »

cracell wrote: post #37
joezydeco wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you live in a town with a Whole Foods, you already know it's there. And nothing physically changed to the stores overnight. Announcing a price cut seems way more likely to draw in comparison shoppers to see what cuts were made, and if they compare to people's current regular supermarkets.

So along that line of thinking, everyone knows the McDonalds is there so there's no reason for McDonalds to ever pay for advertising.

You're comparing apples and oranges.

Say Coca-Cola buys McDonald's Corporation and it makes a splash in the business community and restaurant blogs. Then the new joint company announces that all soft drinks are $0.10 from now on.

Traffic spikes 25%. Which of those two events was the cause?

Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers

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Post by fish_fan »

tapatio wrote: post #41
ilamont wrote: post #25

I am also an infrequent Whole Foods shopper. Some anecdata to share: I went to Whole Foods the week before the announcement and then again today. I was very sensitive to pricing on the first visit (and, frankly, was pretty surprised at how expensive most things were). On the second visit today, I noticed big drops in the prices of certain items, such as fish, produce, and yogurt. For instance, I don't think there was…

The apples you saw were picked 5-12 months ago. Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/supermarket-apples-10-months-...

I imagine it depends on the supply chain of your grocer. Again, new england might have quality, fresh, local apples. Same with washington.

Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers

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Post by s0rce »

lettergram wrote: post #35
sjg007 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

White label Milk, eggs, and some other stuff has always been price competitive at whole foods... Sometimes I found milk cheaper at whole foods than safeway!

To be fair Safeway is also very overpriced...

Marginal improvement if you put in your phone number to get their stupid fake sales. Still an awful shopping experience and not inexpensive either.

Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers

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Post by fish_fan »

iamleppert wrote: post #32
ng12 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I really wish we would just ban grocery stores for good and try to go back to this form of food consumerism. I'm sure that'll work out great for people who live in poor communities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert

It would help them the most -- getting rid of grocery stores that sell low quality, sugary mass produced foods and going back to local micro farmers markets is in what form of reality a bad thing?

Many places don't have local micro farmers markets, and even if they did, groceries sell a LOT of food. Are you sure your local farm and meet demand at an affordable cost?

You seem to be reductive.

Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers

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Post by zaphos »

taurath wrote: post #43
joezydeco wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you live in a town with a Whole Foods, you already know it's there. And nothing physically changed to the stores overnight. Announcing a price cut seems way more likely to draw in comparison shoppers to see what cuts were made, and if they compare to people's current regular supermarkets.

Price is the #1 reason I do not choose to shop at Whole Foods. If they fixed price, I'd be in there a lot more - the food is generally better, but not so much better to justify the price increase (for me).

How close are they to having fixed price, for you, after the recent price cuts?

Re: Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25% Jump in Shoppers

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Post by Overtonwindow »

I've been trying new diets and focusing on reducing my intake of GMOs, specifically corn. For this I've been shopping at Wegman's quite a bit, avoiding Whole Foods which is closer, because of the prices. This article gives me a little hope WF is getting better. Good food costs money, at least that's what we're told, so I'm happy to see things getting more competitive, at least.
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