• @captainlezbian
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    36 months ago

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

    • @NateNate60
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      36 months 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??