• Dojan
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    141 year ago

    The thought of Amazon selling food too creeps me out so bad.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      It’s just a regular grocery store, albeit a rather expensive one. They give discounts for Prime members. In the back, there is an area where workers accept Amazon returns and you can also pick up orders there in the odd chance you would ever do that instead of having it delivered to your home at no extra cost…?

      Edit: I remembered that some people might want packages delivered here if they’re frequent victims of package theft

      • @[email protected]
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        71 year ago

        One reason you’d get something delivered to an Amazon locker or work or whole foods is if your home or apartment doesn’t have a secure mail room.

      • Dojan
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        61 year ago

        Just the idea of a corporation growing to that size gives me the ickies. It’s just one step closer to a corporate town. I’m sure the service is great for now.

        Thankfully Amazon hasn’t really managed to settle properly where I’m from. They’re great for weird niche products, but they’re not your go-to for most things.

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          51 year ago

          I agree. The US Federal Trade Commission is actually taking legal action against them for anticompetitive monopolistic practices right now, which could result in the company being broken up.

    • @[email protected]
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      91 year ago

      Whole Paycheck Foods existed before Amazon (I’m fairly sure).

      Honesty I didn’t realize Amazon had acquired them.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Yeah they were big before Amazon bought them. It was a huge investment to try to get into grocery

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          31 year ago

          Honestly, Whole Foods sold overpriced crap before they were acquired by Amazon and continued to sell overpriced crap afterwards. For comparison, a box of store-brand macaroni and cheese, obviously an American staple food eaten on a daily basis, costs twice as much at Whole Foods compared to a regular grocery store (Walmart, Kroger, &c.) and triple what it would cost at a cheap grocery store.

          • Pound of chicken breast at Whole Foods: $6
          • Pound of chicken breast at Walmart: $3
          • Pound of chicken breast at WinCo: $2

          and

          • Frozen pizza at Whole Foods: $10
          • Frozen pizza at Walmart: $4

          It’s like this for basically everything. If you’d normally spend $80 a week on grocery, you’d instead spend $150 at Whole Foods. But at least the food is organic, right??

      • Dojan
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        21 year ago

        That makes sense. Why establish something new when you can just buy it.