Amazon to open grocery chain separate from Whole Foods

Re:Amazon to open grocery chain separate from Whole Foods by dontbenebby on Friday March 01, 2019 @06:33PM (#19286337)

I'm actually cautiously optomistic for some stores. For example, I still go to Target since I want to see clothes before I buy them. And their store card gives you free 2 day shipping with no BS "membership fee".

I could see AMZN taking a huge dive if the economy slows down. Think about it - a lot of people will be looking for things to cut and that Prime membership may be the first to go.

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Re:Amazon to open grocery chain separate from Whole Foods by ocdtrekkie on Friday March 01, 2019 @07:03PM (#19286499)

I use a lot of in store pickup and free shipping offers from Walmart, Target, and Best Buy. Usually the prices are better too, until someone gets Amazon to price match. But I don't know why anyone would pay for Prime.

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Re:Amazon to open grocery chain separate from Whole Foods by bduerst on Friday March 01, 2019 @06:57PM (#19286471)

Eh, it's getting much easier to order online, try it on, and ship returns. After getting frustrated with stores not having the size of the item I wanted in stock, I started ordering online from specialty sites and haven't looked back.

The only problem is time though - it can take a couple weeks to do this.

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