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Amazon's Whole Foods deal can be undone thanks to an old antitrust case

Amazon will give Whole Foods a marketing platform that few rival grocery stores can compete with

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Ramsi Woodcock | The Conversation

Amazon formally takes ownership of Whole Foods after the Federal Trade Commission signaled on August 23 that it wouldn’t stop the deal.

The online retailer isn’t wasting any time remaking the high-end grocery chain in its low-price image. Its first act involved cutting prices on dozens of items, from avocados to tilapia. But that is not what is sending shivers down the aisles of rival food retailers like Walmart, which now controls 20 percent of the grocery market by pursuing just such a