Not exact matches
But with Amazon's promise to make price - cuts and consumer preferences generally veering towards healthy, organic
foods, grocery store investors likely fear that Whole
Foods could cut deeper into the market shares of traditional
grocers like Kroger — as well as their suppliers.
The news sent the shares of
grocers like Kroger (kr), Supervalu (svu) Sprouts Farmers Market (sfm) and even Walmart, the largest U.S.
grocer, and Target (tgt), down on fears of an intensification of the price wars among the
food retailers and that fact that Amazon will instantly have 450 new physical locations.
The
grocer made its name selling organic and specialty
foods but lost its defense as large
grocers like Kroger began to sell similar products and at a lower cost.
That concerns folks
like Robert Rosado, director of government relations for the
Food Marketing Institute in Arlington, Va., which represents
grocers.
Once the vanguard of the natural and organic
food movement, Whole Foods now faces competition from big - name
grocers like Safeway and Costco that have started to offer similar organic products at lower prices.
Now, don't go thinking this will taste
like one of those cheap frozen dinners you might find in the frozen
foods section of your local
grocer.
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like farmer's markets, asian markets, and health
food stores such as Sprouts, Natural
Grocers, and Whole Foods.
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Groups
like the UN FAO, Unified
Grocer's
Food Waste Reduction Alliance, NRDC, Feeding America and even retailers
like Whole Foods are advancing to develop solutions.
That's one reason why OrganicMania is tracking some of the few remaining «good deals» on organic
foods every Friday, and why we're even gathering tips
like these from organic
grocers themselves.
EnvironVeolia and Suez Environnement are investing in biogas - fired power plants to recycle organic waste from the
likes of
food maker Danone and
grocer Carrefour.
«
Grocers can benefit from encouraging healthy shopping practices because they can sell more perishable items
like fruits and vegetables rather than tossing them in the dumpster after a few days,» says lead researcher Brian Wansink, PhD, director of the
Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University and author of the new book, Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life, «The benefit to shoppers is obvious; healthier groceries result in healthier eating!»
With a flurry of subscription boxes competing for your hard earned scratch, along with more traditional e-commerce outlets
like JBox and Asian
Food Grocer, did Japan Crate prove a better bargain or, at least, a better experience?
«I would
like to see the concept of urban gardening spread throughout Detroit and for more people to get involved and to start eating real
food, not processed
food from the gas stations and little
grocers,» said Katherine VanBelle, a senior student majoring in Environmental Sciences.
For its part, Amazon says its sales are retail, and retail shops
like grocers don't have to register with the FDA; FDA investigators have replied that the
food from that warehouse isn't sold directly to customers and therefore it's a covered
food storage facility.
«We don't
like properties where the
food grocer is pioneering.»