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Podcast: Amazon Buys Whole Foods

by Michael Wolf
June 16, 2017June 23, 2017Filed under:
  • Future of Grocery
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Every now and then a deal of such magnitude happens, it makes you almost speechless when you first hear about it.

Amazon buying Whole Foods is one of those deals.

On this quick-take podcast, Mike gets together with Nomiku CEO Lisa Fetterman to discuss this mind-blowing deal, what it could mean for Amazon, what a future Amazon-ized Whole Foods could look like and the implications for the broader grocery industry.

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You can also check out Mike’s initial take on the deal over at the Spoon.

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