How Amazon Changed Whole Foods

June 25, 2019 Steve Banker, Forbes

It has been two years since Amazon acquired Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in cash. And over these two years, changes have been made to Whole Foods, at the corporate level and down to the individual store as well. Some of these changes have been for the good, while others have left people questioning what has happened to Whole Foods. In the end, as part of Amazon, it is all about the bottom line, and that is what drives change.

Amazon and Whole Foods Have Failed to Upend Grocery

Two years have passed since Amazon announced it was acquiring Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. The news that Amazon was planning on competing in grocery in earnest worried some given its history of disruption in retail, but thus far it’s been unable to dominate the industry.

Amazon to Shut Down its Amazon Restaurants Business in the U.S.

June 12, 2019 TAYLOR SOPER, Geek Wire

Amazon will shutter its Amazon Restaurants food delivery service in the U.S. later this month, GeekWire has learned.

Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery from Whole Foods Market to Thirteen Metros

May 2, 2019 Amazon

Amazon and Whole Foods Market today launched delivery of natural and organic products from Whole Foods Market through Prime Now in Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn., Destin and Tallahassee, Fla., Greensboro and Wilmington, N.C., Allentown, Pa., Fort Collins, Colo., Huntsville and Montgomery, Ala., Jackson, Miss., Palm Desert, Calif., and Portland, Maine.

Meet the 45-Year-Old Executive Helping Kroger Take on Amazon, Walmart, and Aldi

Yael Cosset, 45, is tasked with helping Kroger fend off those threats. He’s the head of digital for the grocer and in May will be promoted to chief information officer.