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Whole Foods products boosted Amazon's online grocery sales last year, report finds
Amazon’s purchase of Austin-based Whole Foods Market last year is already bolstering the online retailer’s sale of groceries, according to a new report. Sales of Whole Foods’ store brand, called 365 Everyday Value, helped sales on Amazon’s line of...
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Report: Prices at Whole Foods edge back up a bit
Since its acquisition of Whole Foods Market in August, Amazon has twice promoted lowering prices of some items at the Austin-based grocer. But those price cuts, which have included items such as avocados, beverages, eggs and turkeys, have not led...
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After Amazon-Whole Foods merger, grocery delivery companies adapt to industry’s new reality
On June 16, the day Amazon announced it would acquire Austin-based Whole Foods Market, Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta called a company-wide meeting from Instacart’s headquarters in San Francisco. Mehta wanted employees to know it was not time to panic...
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Amazon built a significant presence in Central Texas long before HQ2 frenzy
If the Austin area does somehow beat out more than 200 competitors and land Amazon’s $5 billion, 50,000-employee second headquarters project , the facility would just be the latest addition to an already significant presence Amazon has established...
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New rankings: Austin not among top 25 contenders for Amazon HQ2
Not everyone seems to be sold on Austin as a contender for Amazon’s second headquarters. After Amazon announced plans in September to build its $5 billion Amazon HQ2, market analysts, economists and publications were quick to name Austin as a top...
Read MoreWhole Foods prepares for Amazon-like hiring spree
As one of the world’s biggest employers, Amazon has become known for its large hiring sprees: On Aug. 2, it attempted to hire 50,000 warehouse workers in a national “Amazon Jobs Day” event. Now, a similar tactic is being tried by Amazon’s newly acquired...
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Kyle, Buda offer hundreds of acres in Austin area’s bid for Amazon’s HQ2
When the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce submitted its bid for Amazon’s second headquarters on Oct. 18, chamber spokesman Mike Berman said it did so on on the behalf of the entire metro area. The chamber has declined to release the bid application...
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Amazon posts huge growth in sales in first earnings report since Whole Foods acquisition
Amazon on Thursday soared past Wall Street expectations as it reported 34 percent growth in sales and stable profits in the company’s first quarterly earnings report since purchasing Austin-based Whole Foods Market in August. For its third quarter...
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Austin’s bid is officially in for Amazon’s giant HQ2 project
For the past month, hundreds of cities have scrambled to prepare proposals to win Amazon’s second company headquarters after the online retailer announced plans for the $5 billion project. Austin, considered a contender by industry analysts, has...
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What happens when Facebook’s Order Food joins the restaurant-delivery scene?
The on-demand economy continues to get more demanding: Friday morning, Facebook is announcing its getting into the food-delivery game, at least as a conduit to existing delivery options. With the introduction of a new feature, “Order Food” that debuts...
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