Is the digital economy going to eat grocery stores?

The internet has already killed video stores, bookstores, and department stores. Are grocery stores next?

Shopping at Whole Foods.
(Image credit: Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)

The e-conomy has effectively killed — or severely maimed — video stores, department stores, and bookstores. Is it coming for grocery stores next?

If you're reading the (organic, locally sourced) tea leaves, Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods this past summer doesn't bode well. The e-conomy giant, responsible more or less for swallowing up the business of bookselling, bought the supermarket chain in June for $13.7 billion, marking its latest effort to get a handle on the food delivery business, which has largely remained elusive to the e-conomy.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us