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Whole Foods is left behind in Amazon’s pandemic-fueled boom

Whole Foods traffic is down. And despite expectations that the world's largest e-commerce firm would use it to re-invent food shopping, Amazon has opted to open a separate chain called Amazon Fresh.

Whole Foods workers board up an entrance but hang a sign saying “WE’RE OPEN” near the homeless encampment on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Sept. 9, 2020. Camp residents left the encampment this week but the Whole Foods chain is struggling, analysts say. Wednesday.
Whole Foods workers board up an entrance but hang a sign saying “WE’RE OPEN” near the homeless encampment on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Sept. 9, 2020. Camp residents left the encampment this week but the Whole Foods chain is struggling, analysts say. Wednesday.Read moreTIM TAI / Staff Photographer
    by Matt Day, Bloomberg News
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