“He believes with cameras and sensors and, eventually, robots to fulfill orders, Amazon will be selling more groceries than Kroger by 2027 and surpass Walmart by 2035,” USA Today reported.īut Walmart didn’t get to be Walmart by not responding to changing markets. One driving force is lowering labor costs, which Ladd said represent half of Whole Foods’ expenses. This piece from USA Today sourced former Amazon executive Britain Ladd in reporting that Amazon’s goal is to bring “just walk out” technology not just to Whole Foods “but unleash a wave of Amazon food stores nationally to compete with the likes of Kroger and Walmart.” In Tampa, it recently started one- and two-hour grocery delivery of meat, seafood, eggs, produce and other fresh items.Īnd remember, Amazon acquired Whole Foods several years ago – another reason I think we will eventually see one in Sioux Falls as part of a nationwide rollout – and the technology being showcased in that new Seattle Amazon grocery store could be scaled out. It’s opening a two-story grocery store in California in a former Toys R Us space – how’s that for irony – that reportedly will include robots helping with operational tasks. While we haven’t experienced as much of it in this part of the country, in other markets Amazon is making big investments.
This is not Amazon’s first disruption of the grocery industry and certainly won’t be its last.
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