Thanks, Amazon: Prices At Whole Foods Get Cheaper As Online Retailer Takes Over

CLEVELAND, OH — Whole Foods just became a whole lot less expensive. As Amazon officially took over the grocery chain on Monday, prices immediately dropped dramatically on many items.

Whole Foods cut prices on products such as Whole Trade bananas, organic avocados, organic large brown eggs, organic responsibly-farmed salmon and tilapia, organic baby kale and baby lettuce, animal-welfare-rated 85 percent lean ground beef, creamy and crunchy almond butter, organic Gala and Fuji apples, organic rotisserie chicken, 365 Everyday Value organic butter and other items.

“We’re determined to make healthy and organic food affordable for everyone. Everybody should be able to eat Whole Foods Market quality – we will lower prices without compromising Whole Foods Market’s long-held commitment to the highest standards,” Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, said in a release.

“And this is just the beginning. We will make Amazon Prime the customer rewards program at Whole Foods Market and continuously lower prices as we invent together. There is significant work and opportunity ahead, and we’re thrilled to get started.”

Here’s what Whole Foods customers also can expect as the integration with Amazon continues:

• Whole Foods Market’s healthy and high-quality private label products—including 365 Everyday Value, Whole Foods Market, Whole Paws and Whole Catch—will be available through Amazon.com, AmazonFresh, Prime Pantry and Prime Now.

• Amazon Lockers will be available in select Whole Foods Market stores. Customers can have products shipped from Amazon.com to their local Whole Foods Market store for pick up or send returns back to Amazon during a trip to the store.

Whole Foods’ three Cleveland-area stores are located at:

• 19607 Detroit Road in Rocky River

• 27249 Chagrin Blvd in Woodmere

• 13998 Cedar Road in University Heights