Amazon and Whole Foods Market Make Biggest Investment in Lowering Prices and Expanding Prime Member Deals to Date

April 3, 2019 Amazon

Amazon and Whole Foods Market announce a third round of price cuts to begin Wednesday, offering new lower prices on fresh produce for all customers and expanded Prime benefits with more exclusive weekly deals on popular products across departments.

You’ll Soon be able to Make Your Own Almond Milk at Whole Foods

March 29, 2019 Purewow

Regular milk? Yawn. These days, everyone and their grandmother is all about alternative dairy like oat milk and cashew milk. And one of the most popular choices is creamy almonds. Which is why the recent addition of bottle-your-own almond milk machines to Whole Foods is pretty damn exciting.

Amazon’s Grocery Plans Should Both Strike Fear and Motivate

Reports that Amazon plans to open a new chain of grocery stores separate from Whole Foods is especially threatening to consumer goods manufacturers that would increasingly be competing with Amazon’s private-label brands. CPGs must build more relevant brand equity to survive.

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.