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Re:Instacart and Amazon-owned Whole Foods are parting ways by benatkin on Thursday December 13, 2018 @05:10PM (#18676605)
I can't think of a grocery store chain that would want them. Albertsons/Safeway and Kroger both use Instacart and I don't think they would want to make the customers of the other chain mad, especially when many of them shop at both chains (they'd have so scale back or shut it down for their competitors - it wouldn't be sensible for one chain to act neutral and continue delivering at full steam for the other chains).
Re:Instacart and Amazon-owned Whole Foods are parting ways by bwb on Thursday December 13, 2018 @05:16PM (#18676637)
well i mean if they are running out of money and they can pick them up for cheap versus build their own might be a great buy. IE, Instacart is going to go out of business in 6 months and they pick it up for 150 million and get a great brand + tech to tie into their stores.
Re:Instacart and Amazon-owned Whole Foods are parting ways by benatkin on Thursday December 13, 2018 @05:24PM (#18676684)
Yeah I think it will need to be clear that Instacart is shopping for a buyer and is going to die regardless, otherwise the customers and instacart drivers will be pissed off.
Re:Instacart and Amazon-owned Whole Foods are parting ways by mulmen on Thursday December 13, 2018 @08:11PM (#18677614)
Safeway has had their own grocery delivery for years. Why would they need Instacart?