Amazon to cut prices on Whole Foods staples like eggs, beef
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August 25, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon plans to use its deep pockets to make big changes at Whole Foods, saying it will cut prices on bananas, eggs, salmon, beef and more when it completes its $13.7 billion takeover next week.
Helping Whole Foods win back customers who found "good enough" organic and natural products elsewhere — possibly at a lower cost — fits Amazon's track record of keeping prices low to lock in customer loyalty. Looking ahead, Amazon hopes to give members of its Prime program special savings and other in-store benefits.
It's an "opening salvo" in the grocery wars, said Neil Saunders, manag...
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