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Today, Amazon announced it will be acquiring the devilishly expensive Whole Foods Market to the tune of $13.7bn. “Millions of people love Whole Foods Market because they offer the best natural and organic foods, and they make it fun to eat healthy,” said health-conscious Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in a statement. The transaction …

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  1. Simon Rockman

    Amazon selling food

    I thought Amazon's preferred offering was spam.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    18 for ramen and sprite

    There are more weebs here than I anticipated.

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    1. Swarthy
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      Re: 18 for ramen and sprite

      Oops. I had read that as Ramen and Spite. Which is what I lived on for the majority of my early 20s.

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  3. Reg T.

    I don't buy anything else from the CIA cuck,

    why would I start buying food from the little bald chap? Just another oligarch, folks - move along.

    For those who had to shop at the G.U.M. store, this is a familiar turn of events. Soon comes The Wall and all you East German fockers will be safe in your enclosure.

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  4. ad47uk

    never heard of them

    Whole foods that is not Amazon,

    but nope, I do not think I will bother.

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  5. Anonymous Coward
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    Not sure I'd call Whole Foods a luxury retailer

    In my experience they sit somewhere between Sainsbury and Waitrose. The branch I used stocked some surprisingly decent Texan wine (I was in Dallas at the time). They did good soup, but then again the US is the land of soup and honey.

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    1. Charles 9
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      Re: Not sure I'd call Whole Foods a luxury retailer

      Not so much a luxury retailer as a boutique retailer: as in catering to a specific segment of the public.

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      1. JLV
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        Re: Not sure I'd call Whole Foods a luxury retailer

        Or just an expensive-for-what-it-is retailer.

        Seriously, I don't mind the occasional pricey foodie splurge. High end cheese, pate, meat, pastry, fresh prawns.... You know those stores. You know the stuff that tastes so good but is likely not super healthy and nukes your budget.

        Whole Foods has never ever tempted me the least. The food might be healthy, and certainly $$$$$, but it's a gouge for hipster dupes and tree huggers and hardly very sinfully tasty. Easy to resist :)

        Canada has only 13 WHs and Vancouver's stuck with nearly half of them :( Then again we're also carrying an unfair proportion of this country's hipsters and vegans. Anybody want some?

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        1. Alistair
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          Re: Not sure I'd call Whole Foods a luxury retailer

          @ JLV - Nope nope nope. Us central canucks believe that you have a whole damned ocean over there to hide the bodies in. Please keep the Whole Foods crowd at that end. Just spend more time nudging them off the bridges.

          I find Galen W's "SuperStore" pricey but quite good. At least I'm *sorta* keeping the money in country.

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