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Whole Foods has a gross margin around 35% https://ycharts.com/companies/WFM/gross_profit_margin https://ycharts.com/companies/WFM/gross_profit_margin Bezos is
by JacobDotVI 9y ago
Whole Foods has a gross margin around 35%
https://ycharts.com/companies/WFM/gross_profit_margin https://ycharts.com/companies/WFM/gross_profit_margin
Bezos is famous for his mantra around "your margin is my opportunity" Amazon has a lot of margin available here for price reductions.
The economic signaling of WF's higher prices is a different topic entirely.
- fragsworth 9y agoGross profit margin is not an appropriate indicator, you need to look at actual profit margin here: https://ycharts.com/companies/WFM/profit_margin https://ycharts.com/companies/WFM/profit_margin It's closer to ~3%. When Amazon cuts costs, something about the way Whole Foods does business has to give.