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Some Weird Aspects of Amazon and Whole Foods

August 30, 2017 daniel Amazon wants to Make Whole Foods More like Kroger, Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN), Kroger (NYSE: KR), Prime Rewards, Some Weird Aspects of Amazon and Whole Foods, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM)

It looks as if the Amazon-owned Whole Foods is going to become more like a traditional supermarket. The big question we have to ask is will that be winning strategy for either brand?

Grocery Wars

Walmart keeps Growing and What’s Wrong at Amazon

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 daniel Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Is Kroger’s Present Walmart’s Future, Is Walmart Making Money?, Is Walmart Still a Value Investment?, Kroger (NYSE: KR), The Good the Bad and the Ugly in Walmart’s Financial Numbers, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Walmart Dividend, Walmart keeps Growing and What’s Wrong at Amazon, Walmart Uber, Walmart vs Amazon, Walmart’s future, Walmart’s Shrinking Income, What’s Wrong at Amazon, Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM)

A possible glimpse of Walmart’s future is provided by America’s second largest grocer Kroger. The situation at Kroger should certainly give WMT investors pause.

Grocery Wars

Whole Foods’ Aldi Clone is a Major Opportunity for Amazon

July 17, 2017 daniel Aldi and Kroger (NYSE: KR), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Amazon Fresh, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM), Whole Foods 365, Whole Foods’ Aldi Clone, Whole Foods’ Aldi Clone is a Major Opportunity for Amazon, Whole Foods’ Income is Collapsing, Why Amazon wants Whole Foods and 365, Why Whole Foods is trying to be more like Aldi, Why Whole Foods Needs Amazon

This means that 365; and not the supermarkets, might be the real reason Amazon bought Whole Foods. Therefore both Whole Foods and the US grocery industry might be changed beyond recognition by Amazon and 365.

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Is GrubHub Making Money?

June 23, 2017 daniel Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), GrubHub (NYSE: GRUB), GrubHub has the Potential to become a Cash Rich Company, GrubHub is Growing, GrubHub is not making that much money, GrubHub’s revenues, Is GrubHub a Value Investment?, Is GrubHub Making Money?, key metrics at GrubHub are growing, Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM), Why Amazon might buy Grubhub, Why Amazon might Not Buy GrubHub, Why GrubHub is overvalued

This shows me that GrubHub has the potential to become a cash rich company fairly quickly. It managed to generate $16.07 million in cash from financing and accumulate $361.27 million in cash and short-term investments by the end of first quarter 2017.

Grocery Wars

Eleven Threats to Kroger

June 6, 2017 daniel Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Americans are driving less, Eleven Threats to Kroger’s Business, food deflation, Income inequality and wage stagnation, Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), Lower oil prices., The aging of America, The biggest threats to Kroger’s business, The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Walmart.com, Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM)

Despite all that Kroger’s position is far from secure. There are some serious threats to the grocery giant out there that can undermine its business.

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Has Kroger’s Revenue Growth Stalled, and is that bad for Whole Foods?

June 27, 2016 daniel Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Are Lower Fuel and Food Costs Hurting Kroger?, extraordinary revenue growth, Kroger (NYSE: KR), Kroger made 18.4¢ a gallon on fuel in 2015, Kroger will make some more acquisitions, Lyft and Uber, Partnership with Uber?, same-day delivery, Sprouts (NASDAQ: SFM), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), What’s next for Kroger, Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM), Whole Foods and Sprouts are in Kroger’s Sights

Despite the slowing revenue, Kroger is still a good investment, because of its growth potential. The Cincinnati-based grocery giant is still in a great position to capitalize on the radically changing nature of retail.