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Amazon Just Made Shopping at Whole Foods Cheaper (businessinsider.com)
Whole Foods just got less expensive. From a report: On Monday, the day that Amazon's $13.7 billion acquisition of the grocer went through, prices on certain Whole Foods items immediately dropped. On Friday, Business Insider visited a Whole Foods location in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, and checked the prices on 15 items (including a few variations on similar items) mentioned by the companies. The total cost of the basket on Friday -- pre-acquisition -- was $97.76. On Monday, we returned to the Gowanus Whole Foods and checked back in on the same items. This time, the total cost of the 15 items was $75.85. That's a nearly 23% drop in the total cost. Whole Trade Banana: 30 cents (Price dropped to $0.49 a pound from $0.79). Lean Ground Beef: $2 (Price dropped to $4.99 a pound from $6.99). Local Grass-Fed 85% Lean Ground Beef: $4 (Price dropped to $6.99 a pound from $10.99). Four-pack of Organic Avocado: $0 (Price stayed at $6.99 for a pack of four). Hass Avocados: $1.01 (Price dropped to $1.49 each from $2.50) for instance.
They're now within one order of magnitude of the prices at Publix.
Do you have ESP?
"Whole Trade Banana: 30 cents, Lean Ground Beef: $2 - that can't be good for neither the environment nor the people nor the animals.
Much better: buy locally produced stuffed"
OK, I'll buy locally produced bananas in Montana, good advice, Sir.
If food is this cheap, people won't see the value in socialism...
Oh? Well in that case, I suppose the government should stop subsidizing farmers. What's that? You dont know shit about agriculture? Oh my.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
"Whole Trade Banana: 30 cents, Lean Ground Beef: $2 - that can't be good for neither the environment nor the people nor the animals.
Much better: buy locally produced stuffed"
OK, I'll buy locally produced bananas in Montana, good advice, Sir.
Sorry. No banana for you! Local Produce only.
You live in Montana, you're only allowed to eat potatoes and cabbages and things that grow locally. At least you get to eat beef. People in New York City have to eat pigeons.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
People in New York City have to eat pigeons.
I believe they're called organic free-range squab there. Only high-end restaurants carry them.
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