Amazon has French grocery stores in its sights, too

Amazon has French grocery stores in its sights, too

6 years ago
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https://qz.com/1221402/amazon-amzn-is-planning-to-launch-a-grocery-delivery-service-in-france/

When Amazon acquired Whole Foods for $13.7 billion last June, it wreaked havoc on a US grocery industry already struggling with slim margins. Now the retail giant has its eyes on France’s grocers.

Over the weekend, Amazon France head Frederic Duval told newspaper Journal du Dimanche that the company aims to launch (link in French) a grocery delivery service in the country, though he offered no details on timing or potential partners. “We would very much like to launch this service in France, but everything in its own time,” he told the paper. “A launch represents an investment.”