Real Estate - Whole Foods store locations are usually very targeted and nicely picked throughout the US, unlike Safeway's or Walmart's (in ghetto areas). The ob

Real Estate - Whole Foods store locations are usually very targeted and nicely picked throughout the US, unlike Safeway's or Walmart's (in ghetto areas). The obvious reason is the expansion of amazon fresh. The least obvious reason is a long term investment in real estate. They want to become the McDonald's of the internet by investing $13 billion in Real Estate. Very good move from Amazon.