The WSJ doesn’t say how many new Whole Foods stores will be added, or how quickly the expansion will take place. Whole Foods currently has about 475 stores, but the Austin-based chain doesn’t have a large presence in many inland regions of the country, as shown in this GeekWire graphic from last year, with green shading indicating states with higher concentrations of Whole Foods stores.
The acquisition comes after a thwarted attempt to take over MoneyGram International, a United States-based, cross-border payments group, which was blocked on security concerns from Washington.
The acquisition “puts grocers on notice that Amazon is going to be a serious and formidable player on the grocery business,” analyst?Mickey Chadha of Moody’s said in a statement this morning.
The acquisition gives Amazon a massive physical retail footprint. Whole Foods, which?started in Austin, Texas in 1980, operates 468 stores in North America and the United Kingdom. Amazon has begun building out its own retail footprint, with two AmazonFresh Pickup stores opening in Seattle, the first checkout-free Amazon Go and a growing complement of bookstores.
The accident happened at around 6:00 am local time (2200 GMT). The mini-bus overturned after crashing with the double-decker bus in Sha Tin, the New Territories, leaving at least 10 people slightly injured.
The WHO said it would continue to review and support efforts to investigate the animal source of the new coronavirus outbreak, the extent of person-to-person transmission, and the screening efforts in other provinces of China.
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