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Would be very curious to see if this is, in fact, a play to get into other industries via the backdoor by reimaging the whole foods layout. Seems odd on the sur
by wonder_bread 9y ago
Would be very curious to see if this is, in fact, a play to get into other industries via the backdoor by reimaging the whole foods layout. Seems odd on the surface to pay a premium for a Grocery store with slowing growth at a time when rivals from across the pond (Aldi and Lidl) seek to gain a foothold in the market. If anybody has some expertise in gamesmanship and would like to give their two cents on the deal, that would be nice.
- joveian 9y agoNo expertise here, but hopefully they aren't planning to do anything major with the stores. Unless I've seen a really skewed sample, the thing is that Whole Foods stores are not that large. There just isn't room to add anything major like a pharmacy at (I'm guessing) most existing locations. While they could make larger new locations, there must be better options if that was their primary focus. Even adding Amazon lockers will be tough at many locations. My guess is that they care most about the grocery aspect.