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WSJ: Amazon will build more Whole Foods stores

January 2, 2019

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Amazon’s stock jumped 1.6% to more than $1,500 a share on Monday after the expansion news broke, Bloomberg reported. In addition to suburbs, Amazon seems to be prepping for grocers in all 50 states, as only five (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota) have no Whole Foods. Idaho has one store and Utah has four, all in or near Salt Lake City.

It’s also possible that Amazon could expand Whole Foods’ reach in the U.K. and Europe. While Canada has 14 stores, there are only seven across the Atlantic, all in London.

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