re: Whole Paycheck’ No More? Amazon to Slash Prices at Whole Foods

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You have never been in a Costco? It is geared much more to consumers vs business.

They move produce very quickly and everything is fresh. Not sure organic vs non. Over the years I have not made that as much a priority when shopping as I use to.

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Costco does offer some organic stuff. I have bought organic milk, eggs, orange juice, and cheese from them. But I wouldn't consider them to be an "organic store". Their model is completely the opposite of WF, in many ways.

Having said that, Costco blows Sam's out of the water, as far as I'm concerned.

It hit just before 2pm US eastern time on an otherwise calm Thursday (Aug. 24) afternoon. Amazon announced plans to roll out lower prices at Whole Foods Market locations, and it sent the supermarket chains into a tailspin. This is what losing close to $12 billion in market capitalization looked like for America’s grocery industry:

Kroger was hit hardest—nearly 8%—costing the 134-year-old chain just under $2 billion in market value. Costco tumbled by 5% and Walmart nearly 2%. It was a combined grocery industry shudder as retailers were forced to finally face the existential questions they’ve long seen coming: How will consumers shop for food in the future? Will it increasingly migrate online, or will brick-and-mortar stores continue to dominate?

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I think Amazon may have other plans for the Whole Foods stores....Not just your traditional grocery store experience.

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It's a good start but still won't get me there

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Don't think that is the endgame here, the question is will you order from them online with free delivery.

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Whole Foods’ Prices: New York City
Item Old Price New Price Percent decrease
Organic Whole Trade bananas (per lb) $0.99 $0.69 30%
Organic avocados (each) $2.99 $1.49 50%
Organic large brown eggs $4.29 $3.99 7%
Organic responsibly-farmed tilapia (per lb) $11.99 $7.99 33%
Organic responsibly-farmed salmon (per lb) $14.99 9.99 33%
Organic baby kale $3.99 $3.49 13%
Organic baby lettuce $3.99 $3.49 13%
85% lean ground beef (per lb) $6.99 $4.99 29%
Creamy and crunchy almond butter $7.99 $6.99 13%
Organic Gala and Fuji apples (per lb) $2.99 $1.99 33%
Organic rotisserie chicken $13.99 $9.99 29%
365 Everyday Value organic butter $5.29 $4.49 15%
Prices are from Whole Foods’ Union Square and Upper East Side locations. Eater/Galarza

Whole Foods’s Prices: Chicago
Item Old price New price Percent decrease
Organic Whole Trade bananas (per lb) $0.77 $0.69 10%
Organic avocados (each) $2.50 $1.99 20%
Organic large brown eggs $4.39 $3.99 9%
Organic responsibly-farmed tilapia (per lb) $10.99 $7.99 27%
Organic responsibly-farmed salmon (per lb) $13.99 $9.99 29%
85% lean ground beef (per lb) $6.99 $4.99 29%
Creamy and crunchy almond butter $7.99 $6.99 13%
Organic Gala and Fuji apples (per lb) $2.49 $1.99 20%
Organic rotisserie chicken $14.00 $9.99 29%
365 Everyday Value organic butter $4.99 $4.49 10%
Prices were gathered from Whole Foods’ Lincoln Park location. Eater/Ashok Selvam

Whole Foods’ Prices: Austin, Texas
Item Old price New price Percent decrease
Organic Whole Trade bananas (per lb) $0.89 $0.69 22%
Organic avocados (each) $1.67 $1.49 11%
Organic large brown eggs $4.19 $3.99 5%
Organic responsibly-farmed tilapia (per lb) $11.99 $7.99 33%
Organic baby kale $3.99 $2.99 25%
Organic baby lettuce $3.99 $2.99 25%
85% lean ground beef (per lb) $9.99 $6.99 30%
Creamy and crunchy almond butter $7.99 $6.99 13%
Organic Gala apples (per lb) $3.29 $1.99 40%
Organic Fuji apples (per lb) $3.29 $1.99 40%
Organic rotisserie chicken $9.99 $7.99 20%
365 Everyday Value organic butter $4.99 $4.99 0%

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Organic responsibly-farmed tilapia (per lb) $11.99 $7.99 33%

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Whole Foods’ Union Square

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Arabella?

Pretty sure WF's takes EBT

I don't shop at WF very often anymore Zapp. My wife does though.

I am intrigued with where they are going to see if I get sucked back in.

I love WF's but when the oil prices went up as did everything else the cost to purchase goods went up., WF's never udjusted back down when oil prices came down so I stoped going.

Example. 365 peanut butter in 2008 prior to the oil inrease was $1.95 and when it hit $150 a barrel the price increase to $3.99. They never re-adjusted when the oil prices came down and the transportation cost came down.