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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 otp124 »

ams6110 wrote: post #101
rch wrote: post #40

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Was that U.S. shrimp or imported? There are very significant differences in environmental sustainability across the various supply chains for meat, fish, produce, and dairy products.

Seafood at my local Kroger is almost all labeled "Product of China" which I refuse to buy due to concerns about not only the fishing but also the handling and packing after the catch. Edit: I'm mostly referring to the frozen seafood. Fresh is too expensive for my wallet.

What happens during the packaging/handling that couldn't be killed by cooking? Is that where the mercury issue is (I thought tainted water was the bigger issue)?

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Post by njarboe »

s0rce wrote: post #47
lettergram wrote: post #35

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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.

Take a look at the wine aisle in Safeway. Every single wine is always on sale. I would not think that is even legal in the US but I guess it must be.

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Post by olau »

wahern wrote: post #92
tapatio wrote: post #41

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

No, those apples are fresh. They're cheap because it's apple season. The gala apples on sale are probably too small to do well in long-term storage. Whole Foods isn't the only grocer selling those, either. I bought a bag and just noticed today that my office (a big Silicon Valley company who sources commercially) put out bowls of the same apples (they're conspicuously small and yellow for gala apples). I don't get al…

> The gala apples on sale are probably too small to do well in long-term storage. Whole Foods isn't the only grocer selling those, either.

When you say "do well", you mean they're not going to generate enough revenue? Because big apples generally lose quality faster in long-term storage, according to a book I inherited on how to run an orchard, from 1948. :)

Anecdotally, I find that oversize apples are typically less dense.

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Post by hvidgaard »

taurath wrote: post #76
zaphos wrote: post #49

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

I haven't been yet, because my habits right now exist around not going to whole foods. They've achieved a willingness for me to try them out again though - probably the next time the Fred Meyer near me is out of english muffins (3rd time in 3 weeks yesterday!) I'll try it out. Having seen some of the price cuts online it doesn't seem like a whole lot, but if the staples like eggs and veggies/fruit are actually coming…

You may or may not know this, but that mindset is the exact reason the produce in major chains are so crappy in taste. It's not cheap to produce food, and if you want something that actually taste good it's more expensive.

People rave about cheap meat, eggs, and diary products. But anyone that has actually been involved in producing it, knows that the price you see today is not sustainable unless you only optimize for quantity, and the expense of everything else.

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Post by simonh »

exhilaration wrote: post #21
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.

Possibly, but let me share a story: in the days after the discounts were announced the Whole Foods brand organic butter was completely sold out at my local store, much to my annoyance. That never happened before the 50 cent discount.

So it appears masses of shoppers went into Wholefoods to take advantage of price cuts, but couldn't because those items had sold out. But since they were there anyway....

Great way to draw in the crowds without actually losing all that much from the price cuts.

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Post by simonh »

hammock wrote: post #55
hammock wrote: post #15

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Well of course, that goes without saying. The best product in the world won't sell if no one knows about it.

Not sure why I'm being downvoted. A price cut might net you more sales from existing customers, but you don't get a 25% jump in foot traffic without people being told about the price cuts (whether thru paid advertising or word of mouth/earned media)

You're being down voted for being snarky about someone's post without adding any value and then just re-treading the OP's point. If it goes without saying, there's not point just saying it again, and again even if it's correct.

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Post by simonh »

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-...

That article is from April before new season Apples became available, so the ones on sale then were from the previous year. Now that fresh apples are available there's no point using ones from expensive long term storage, meanwhile some of the current crop are going into the vaults now for sale later in the year, and early next year.

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Post by bryanbuckley »

zajd wrote: post #29
sjg007 wrote: post #23

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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!

As a milk lover, I find this hard to believe I've never seen a gallon go for above 2.99(if that) at safeway and never seen one below 3.99(if you're lucky) at whole foods

Gallon of whole milk was $3.50 at Whole Foods in Berkeley yesterday. A welcome sight indeed. I also noticed butter prices were very discounted so picked up an extra brick.

From one milk lover to another, what's your favorite and additionally best value brand for milk? I haven't recorded my preferences but seem to remember disliking Trader Joe's and being plenty surprised by a value brand or two.

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Post by zaphirplane »

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

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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.

The politeness is refreshing compared to slashdot

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Post by jaclaz »

webnrrd2k wrote: post #91
iamleppert wrote: post #81

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Oh there we go with the "my time is worth $50/hr" thing. By that kind of reasoning, how much money can you save by reducing how much time you sleep by an hour each night? Or maybe if I add 10 people to your project you'll get it done 10x faster?

Additionally, just think how much money software developers could save if they paid $25 an hour for someone to sleep with their wife! Esitmating 1 hour a week, and an average salary of $50, that's an extra $25 per week, or $1300 a year!

... and if you pay via Credit Card, you can probably have a 2% cashback, too.
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