Amazon is buckling under unprecedented Covid-19 supply-and-demand disruptions that sent the entire grocery industry scrambling to adapt. After expanding and speeding up Whole Foods delivery, the company is retrenching. — Reuters
Amazon's moves to reduce strain on its grocery businesses by putting new online shoppers on wait lists and switching more Whole Foods resources to filling orders, is unmasking limitations at the company that was expected to upend the supermarket industry.
The coronavirus pandemic should be Amazon's moment to shine. Some 90% of US shoppers are under stay-at-home orders and Amazon.com Inc offers grocery delivery through its 487 US Whole Foods stores.
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