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.

Whole Foods Closing Pigeon Cove Fish Plant

For the second time in little more than a month, one of the city’s shoreside seafood processing companies said it is closing operations and sending a locally-based workforce to the unemployment line.

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.

Whole Foods Still Has Highest Prices Among Grocers Despite April Cuts, Says Bank of America

May 17, 2019 Emma Newburger, CNBC

Whole Foods still has the highest overall prices among U.S. food retailers, despite the widely publicized discounts the Amazon-owned grocer made in April.

Whole Foods Moving Northeast HQ From Englewood Cliffs to Jersey City

Whole Foods Market will be moving its headquarters out of Englewood Cliffs and setting up shop in Jersey City.