[QUOTE]Amazon said Friday it plans to acquire Whole Foods Market for $42 a share, in a deal valued at $13.7 billion.
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey will remain CEO of the grocery store chain after the deal closes, and the store will continue to operate under the Whole Foods brands.[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/16/amazon-is-buying-whole-foods-in-a-deal-valued-at-13-point-7-billion.html]Source[/url]
How interesting. Do you think this could lead to Amazon drones that deliver groceries, or is that still a little out there?
probably has to do with amazon go
[QUOTE=ironman17;52366674]How interesting. Do you think this could lead to Amazon drones that deliver groceries, or is that still a little out there?[/QUOTE]
Amazon is working on an automated grocery store, I would imagine that this purchase is expanding their idea.
[video=youtube;NrmMk1Myrxc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmMk1Myrxc[/video]
give me free food shipping with prime so i can eat healthy without wasting my time shopping 👌
[QUOTE=DOG-GY;52366685]give me free food shipping with prime so i can eat healthy without wasting my time shopping 👌[/QUOTE]
Prime Pantry and Amazon Fresh sort of offer this. Pantry gives flat-rate shipping of dry goods. Fresh gives you short-lived stuff like produce.
[QUOTE=DOG-GY;52366685]give me free food shipping with prime so i can eat healthy without wasting my time shopping 👌[/QUOTE]
Domino's is faster. 🍕
[QUOTE=Bradyns;52366869]Domino's is faster. 🍕[/QUOTE]
thats basically the problem
wholy shit, did not see that coming.
Does Amazon Pantry have any direct online competitors?
[QUOTE=Banshee FrieNd;52367365]Does Amazon Pantry have any direct online competitors?[/QUOTE]
Direct? Not really. You need a lot of infrastructure in order to manage a business like that, not to mention companies that sign up.
[QUOTE=Banshee FrieNd;52367365]Does Amazon Pantry have any direct online competitors?[/QUOTE]
Kroger has a similar deal I believe that delivers. I think it's more geared towards bigger orders from companies though.
From 3 months ago:
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvZ8mGZZins[/media]
Apparently it was obvious to some people :v:
[QUOTE=Levelog;52367457]Kroger has a similar deal I believe that delivers. I think it's more geared towards bigger orders from companies though.[/QUOTE]
they are starting a new service called clicklist for regular people but that requires you to pick up your shit at the store.
[QUOTE=meppers;52367718]they are starting a new service called clicklist for regular people but that requires you to pick up your shit at the store.[/QUOTE]
Ah. I'm looking at homeshop which delivers to my door.
[QUOTE=ironman17;52366674]How interesting. Do you think this could lead to Amazon drones that deliver groceries, or is that still a little out there?[/QUOTE]
This stuff is already in planning, this will just add more distribution centers, I already get an asston of food from amazon, this will just make it happen "closer".
finally i can get my organic wheat bread drone delivered
Amazon also got their liquor licenses afaik.
same day alcohol delivery coming up
[QUOTE=Banshee FrieNd;52367365]Does Amazon Pantry have any direct online competitors?[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.consumerreports.org/grocery-stores-supermarkets/do-online-grocers-really-deliver/[/url]
Instacart, Peapod, and FreshDirect compete in the same space.
[QUOTE=bitches;52366697]Prime Pantry and Amazon Fresh sort of offer this. Pantry gives flat-rate shipping of dry goods. Fresh gives you short-lived stuff like produce.[/QUOTE]
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rip
[QUOTE=RichyZ;52367032]whole foods is also expensive as fuck[/QUOTE]
It goes both ways. Some stuff is absurdly expensive, but other products (usually the in house brand) are fairly reasonable.
$13 billion is how much I spent buyin some avocados there. makes sense
I'm not really a fan of most of their brands or produce, but I do like their foodcourt/salad bar. They have kickass corn bread, and they've got ginger bread during the holiday season
so what if i just pick things up and walk out without enough money to pay for it?
[QUOTE=portalcrazy;52372484]so what if i just pick things up and walk out without enough money to pay for it?[/QUOTE]
It's 2017. Video cameras exist. The police exists. If you did that in a regular store, no one would stop you anyway because of liability issues, so it would probably be even better if you did that at a store that didn't have your personal information on file.
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;52372498]It's 2017. Video cameras exist. The police exists. If you did that in a regular store, no one would stop you anyway because of liability issues, so it would probably be even better if you did that at a store that didn't have your personal information on file.[/QUOTE]
i suppose that makes sense, i was just wondering if there were any automatic prevention measures
[QUOTE=portalcrazy;52372559]i suppose that makes sense, i was just wondering if there were any automatic prevention measures[/QUOTE]
A few things like:
Walking out with an item that isn't in a 'virtual shopping cart' will probably trigger an alarm.
I imagine you can't ENTER the store without 'checking in' at the gate, and you also have a bunch of other people around who will probably stop you from shoplifting or tampering with the food.
There might also be security on site that can keep watch.
[QUOTE=ironman17;52366674]How interesting. Do you think this could lead to Amazon drones that deliver groceries, or is that still a little out there?[/QUOTE]
Canada Superstore is starting to do home deliveries so I'm guessing so.
[QUOTE=ironman17;52366674]How interesting. Do you think this could lead to Amazon drones that deliver groceries, or is that still a little out there?[/QUOTE]
It's illegal in quite a few countries to deliver food via drone interestingly enough. The US specifically is one of them as well, which doesn't bode well as they're a major market for any potential Amazon services.
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