The article states that this was going on before the Amazon purchase. Many customers are blaming Amazon, which bought Whole Foods in August for $13.7

The article states that this was going on before the Amazon purchase. Many customers are blaming Amazon, which bought Whole Foods in August for $13.7 billion. Analysts have speculated that the shortages could be due to a spike in shopper traffic in the wake of the acquisition. But Whole Foods employees say the problems began before the acquisition. They blame the shortages on a buying system called order-to-shelf that Whole Foods implemented across its stores early last year.