<story><title>Amazon cuts Whole Foods prices</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/08/24/amazons-takeover-of-whole-foods-begins-monday-and-youll-see-changes-right-away/?utm_term=.f02c44b3de6a</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>makecheck</author><text>Most Whole Foods stores I’ve seen aren’t exactly hurting for business and the parking lot is basically full.  If their stuff becomes cheaper, that’ll drive demand way up, at which point they’ll need to have more ways to buy.  That might mean building more stores but my guess is that Amazon is expecting &lt;i&gt;online&lt;/i&gt; shopping to go up once it becomes a bit too crowded at the actual stores.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cuchoi</author><text>Anecdotal evidence but the Whole Foods I have visited in the Boston area are a lot less crowded than other supermarkets.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon cuts Whole Foods prices</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/08/24/amazons-takeover-of-whole-foods-begins-monday-and-youll-see-changes-right-away/?utm_term=.f02c44b3de6a</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>makecheck</author><text>Most Whole Foods stores I’ve seen aren’t exactly hurting for business and the parking lot is basically full.  If their stuff becomes cheaper, that’ll drive demand way up, at which point they’ll need to have more ways to buy.  That might mean building more stores but my guess is that Amazon is expecting &lt;i&gt;online&lt;/i&gt; shopping to go up once it becomes a bit too crowded at the actual stores.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JumpCrisscross</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;If their stuff becomes cheaper, that’ll drive demand way up, at which point they’ll need to have more ways to buy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or resolve the bottlenecks.</text></comment>