This has certainly been the “hot topic” this week. As Garrick Brown states, there is also a lot of MISinformation out there. Big surprise! I found this article to be very information. You can choose how much or how little to read; just wanted to share.
“But we just had to cover the Amazon/Whole Foods deal this week. We had to not just because this is the biggest story going… but also because so few are getting it right. I have already seen at least one “Grocery Apocalypse” headline and at least ten with the word ‘disruption” in the title. No doubt Amazon’s move will create disruption ahead… but probably not in the way that most people think. Urban grocers, should you be worried? Yeah, at least a little bit. Two years ago our resident eCommerce expert Ben Conwell and I started saying that existing urban grocers had an advantage over Amazon—they already had space. All they needed to do was create their eGrocery platforms. If you listened to us, you probably don’t have to worry that much. If you didn’t (and most didn’t), you might have a problem ahead. Once Amazon/Whole Foods full frontal assault on this space begins, I have no doubt that there will be at least a few grocery banners that go away. ”