Ask an expert: What's ahead for Amazon and Whole Foods

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kimbel-Sannit, Arren (author)
    Format:
    Article
    Publication Date:
    2017-01-01
    URL:
    https://businessjournalism.org/2017/07/ask-expert-whats-really-going-amazon-whole-foods-acquisition
    Published:
    USA: Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D11666
    Subject Term:
    commercial organizations, coverage, food, reporting, trends, food industry, private firms, concentration, outlook, food systems, consolidation, food issues, antitrust, Amazon, Whole Foods, and food journalism
    Notes:
    2 pages., Author examines implications of Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods. Suggests possible consequences such as anti-trust charges of monopoly and impact on agricultural businesses and suppliers in the food chain. Also offers advice to reporters in covering this development.

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