Amazon is Reportedly Launching a New Line of Grocery Stores in Major US Cities

March 1, 2019 Dennis Green, Insider

The company is launching a new brand of grocery stores, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the matter.

Amazon Milk? The Retailer Is Expanding Its Dairy Products Through Happy Belly Brand

Listings have begun to appear on Amazon for milk under the company’s Happy Belly private label. Amazon currently sells cheese and eggs through the brand, as well as trail mix and nuts.

Whole Foods Prices Are Going Back Up on Hundreds of Items

February 15, 2019 Hallie Detrick, Forbes

After a brief reprieve from the “whole paycheck” prices at Whole Foods under Amazon’s ownership, shoppers are likely to see their weekly bills rise again as prices go up on hundreds of products.

Has Amazon Really Changed Whole Foods’ Image?

January 30, 2019 Rich Duprey, The Motley Fool

Amazon.com won’t be opening any more Whole Foods 365 discount stores. The grocery store chain’s CEO, John Mackey, said the price gap between the value chain and the full-price Whole Foods Market stores has narrowed enough since Amazon bought the company that there is no longer a need for two separate chains.

CEO of Kroger Explains why the Harris Teeter Merger Positions Them to Take on Amazon and Whole Foods

January 15, 2019 Áine Cain, Business Insider

He said his company, which has a $22.39 billion market cap, had worked for years under the assumption that the online retail giant would either establish its own grocery business or acquire a retail chain. The latter happened in 2017 when Amazon gobbled up Whole Foods.