Grocery

Mark Ordan owned a grocery store business, Fresh Fields, in the 1990s, which he sold to Whole Foods Market in 1996. He is now a turnaround specialist who focuses in the food retail industry and offered his take on the organic grocery store's history and recently completed merger with Amazon.com,...

In an attempt to better understand Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s acquisition of Whole Foods Market, analysts at Loop Capital Markets felt it necessary to conduct "before and after Amazon Monday" first-hand checks to better understand Amazon's price cuts. The prices of a basket...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) acquisition of Whole Foods Market is now officially complete, which means many investors are pondering what's next for the online giant that now boasts a physical retail space. Unfortunately, the answer is Amazon likely doesn't have any large-scale...

Consumers walking into a Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) store will begin to see quite a few changes, as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s ownership of the grocery store was completed Monday. Many everyday food items are now selling at cheaper price points, CNBC reported. For example,...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s acquisition of Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) completed Monday, which means the e-commerce giant officially has a retail presence in the form of a national grocery chain. Naturally, investors have many questions moving forward, and analysts at Morgan...

Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) and other multiregional grocery chains nosedived Thursday when Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced the consumer perks of its Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) acquisition, but grocers have more formidable foes to worry about. “As the largest seller of groceries...

Less than a day after gaining regulatory clearance, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is diving headlong into its deal to acquire Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) ━ and drowning rivals in its waves. With the blessing of both shareholder bases and the Federal Trade Commission, Amazon will...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) reported top- and bottom-line beats in its earnings report Thursday morning while U.S. comps grew for the twelfth consecutive quarter. Yet the stock lost around 2 percent — a move many investors don't fully understand. Oppenheimer's Rupesh Parikh explained why...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) isn't going to fall victim to Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s growing dominance, at least according to analysts at Oppenheimer who initiate coverage of Wal-Mart's stock with an Outperform rating and $90 price target. In fact, according to the firm's Rupesh Parikh,...

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ: SFM)'s stock initially tumbled after its rival Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) agreed to sell itself to Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), but it has since rebounded 15 percent. As such, Jefferies' Christopher Mandeville downgrades his rating from...

Based on market capitalization it seems obvious to many that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), valued at $803 billion, will be the first trillion dollar company. But some are making the case that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), which is valued $300 billion less than Apple will reach the milestone sooner...

Blue Apron Holdings Inc (NYSE: APRN), a home delivery meal kit company, is off to a rough start after its IPO debut in late June. The stock opened for trading at $10 per share on June 29. Since then the stock has seen continued downward pressure as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) could leverage its...

Investors have been operating under the assumption that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s acquisition of organic and natural grocery chain Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) will impact the entire grocery sector over the long term. But that isn't the only scenario, as traditional grocery stores...

Blue Apron Holdings Inc (NYSE: APRN) opened for trading June 30 at $10 per share, quickly rose to $11.00 and ended its first trading session where it started -- at the $10 level. Fast forward just one week and the stock is sitting near the $8 level. Expectations were high heading into the food kit...

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) reported on Wednesday its monthly sales and performance metrics for June, which were impressive but not enough to turn some analysts incrementally bullish. Wells Fargo's Zachary Fadem maintains a Market Perform rating on Costco's stock with an unchanged $...