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Amazon-Whole Foods Acquisition

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In 2017 Amazon completed its acquisition of the grocery chain Whole Foods Market for about 13.7 billion dollars, at the time the largest acquisition in Amazon's history. The deal gave Amazon a nationwide network of physical grocery stores and was widely read as a signal that the company intended to compete directly in food retail alongside its online business.

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Acquisition 1
Event Year
2017 1
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Finance, Practice Disciplines

The Amazon 2017 all-cash acquisition of Whole Foods Market is a finance-practice case study in cash-financed acquisition and rapid deal valuation.

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1. Wikipedia, Whole Foods Market
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John Mackey, the last remaining co-founder of Whole Foods Market, sold the company to Amazon for $13.7 billion on August 28, 2017.
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