Comment on Free returns disappearing from retailers | The era of free returns — an essential part of the rise of online shopping — is ending

• captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah they were big before Amazon bought them. It was a huge investment to try to get into grocery

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  • NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Honestly, Whole Foods sold overpriced crap before they were acquired by Amazon and continued to sell overpriced crap afterwards. For comparison, a box of store-brand macaroni and cheese, obviously an American staple food eaten on a daily basis, costs twice as much at Whole Foods compared to a regular grocery store (Walmart, Kroger, &c.) and triple what it would cost at a cheap grocery store.

    • Pound of chicken breast at Whole Foods: $6
    • Pound of chicken breast at Walmart: $3
    • Pound of chicken breast at WinCo: $2

    and

    • Frozen pizza at Whole Foods: $10
    • Frozen pizza at Walmart: $4

    It’s like this for basically everything. If you’d normally spend $80 a week on grocery, you’d instead spend $150 at Whole Foods. But at least the food is organic, right??

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• dojan@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That makes sense. Why establish something new when you can just buy it.

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