Which grocery chain did Amazon acquire in 2017?

Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market in 2017.

Amazon announced the purchase in June 2017 and completed the transaction on August 28, 2017. The deal was valued at approximately $13.7 billion, making it Amazon’s largest acquisition at the time.

The purchase gave Amazon an established physical grocery business, with hundreds of stores across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It also expanded Amazon’s reach beyond online retail into fresh food, supermarkets, in-store pickup, and local delivery.

The acquisition is often confused with a merger involving Walmart because the announcement intensified the rivalry between the two companies in grocery and e-commerce. Whole Foods did not become a Walmart subsidiary; it became an Amazon-owned grocery chain. Amazon initially linked Whole Foods shopping with Prime benefits and later used the stores as part of its broader grocery and delivery strategy.