Amazon will open new grocery stores separate from Whole Foods, report says

Amazon is about to move even deeper into the grocery store business.

The retail giant plans to open several new physical grocery stores that would be entirely separate from Whole Foods, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal.

The first location will reportedly be in Los Angeles and could open this year. The company is also "in talks to open grocery stores in shopping centers in San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia," according to the WSJ. The company may also acquire additional grocery chains to bolster the new, unnamed, brand. Read more...