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Amazon Buying Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion

Amazon.com is getting serious about its grocery game. News broke this morning that the e-commerce giant is buying Texas-based grocery chain Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion - its largest transaction to date, according to Bloomberg. Amazon will now have 460 brick-and-mortar stores at its disposal. Under the terms of the deal, co-founder John Mackey will stay on as chief executive and the retailer will continue to operate under the Whole Foods brand, per Seattle Times "Millions of people love

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