The Online retailer Amazon is pushing ahead with the diversification of its product range. For years, the former book shipping sold practically everything. Soon, he also provides healthy food.
The online retailer Amazon is buying the U.S. chain Whole Foods Market and a rise in great style in the trade with fresh food. Amazon offer in the roughly 13.7 billion US Dollar transaction of $ 42 per share, the grocer’s, informed Amazon on Friday. In this purchase price, the liabilities of the grocer’s.
Whole Food Markets will continue to operate the stores. Also the head of the chain, John Mackey, to stay on Board. A completion of the transaction, expected in the second half of the year.
Whole Foods Market in New York City
A lot of money for fruit and vegetables
Whole Foods Market focuses on organic food. The chain is generated according to its own information of 2016, a revenue of around 15.7 billion dollars. It operates according to the latest Figures from the spring of 461 food supermarkets. The majority of this is with 440 stores in the United States, a further 12 are in Canada and 9 in the UK. Founded in 1978, the company is also specialized in high-quality and accordingly expensive – food.
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Amazon already expanded in the food business. In a model experiment, the US giant offers food also in Germany. Amazon Prime customers in Berlin and Potsdam can take care of your purchases over the Online store.
The group recently showed more interest in the entry into the stationary trade. So Amazon opened several book shops and also has plans for a small, High-Tech, super-markets, which can be operated by a few employees.
Turmoil in the markets
Amazon not mixing it up with the purchase of Whole Foods, only the food industry. Also on the stock markets, the proposed Acquisition has already beaten high waves. The announced Deal on Friday to a sell-off in shares of European retailers.
Metro shares fell 1.6 percent to 28.12 EUR and were among the weakest values in the MDax. The share of the Dutch food group Ahold, Delhaize fell by almost ten percent to 16,69 Euro – was the largest price fall for nine years. Carrefour-papers lost on the stock exchange in Paris 2.5 percent to 22,66 Euro. In London it was for Sainsbury, Booker, Morrison and Tesco, each of around three per cent down in the US, the Walmart-title lost five percent.
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