Inside Amazon's 'Mind-Blowing' Plan to Fix Groceries and Beat Walmart
Business Insider • • business
Key Points:
- Amazon is adopting Walmart-inspired strategies, including "Supercenter" warehouses, a new "1DC" distribution network, and micro-fulfillment centers within Whole Foods stores, to enhance its grocery business and compete directly with Walmart.
- Despite acquiring Whole Foods nearly a decade ago, Amazon still trails Walmart in the grocery market, with Walmart holding about 21% of the US grocery market compared to Amazon and Whole Foods' combined roughly 3.2%.
- Amazon's new "SSD Supercenter" warehouses aim to expand same-day and sub-same-day grocery delivery, focusing on increasing product selection and inventory availability to better meet customer demand.
- The introduction of the "1DC" distribution centers represents a shift from a forecast-based inventory system to a
