We went grocery shopping at Walmart and Whole Foods and saw how Amazon’s $13.7 billion bet is failing to beat the superstore in price and selection (WMT, AMZN)

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• Walmart is the largest grocer in America in terms of sales, by a large margin.
• Though not as big as Walmart, Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods is known for its natural and organic food options. Amazon acquired Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in 2017 and has expanded online ordering and deals for Prime members. 
• We went shopping at both grocery stores to see which was better, and we were surprised when the Amazon-owned store let us down.
• The low prices and vast selection at Walmart made the shopping experience there vastly superior to the one at Whole Foods.
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Walmart versus Amazon? It’s a now-classic comparison.

When it comes to online shopping, the competition between the two seems to get more intense every year. But when it comes to shopping for groceries in person, which store has the edge?

Walmart dominates the grocery business by a large margin, and it is by far America’s largest grocer in terms of sales, according to the Progressive Grocer. It has beefed up its organic and healthier offerings to cater to changing consumer tastes.

However, Amazon-owned Whole Foods is carving out its own customer base by catering to Prime members, with a core focus on health-conscious buyers. With 500 stores in North America and the United Kingdom, Whole Foods reaches most major markets in the US.

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We went grocery shopping at Walmart and Whole Foods to see for ourselves which offered the better experience overall — and the winner was obvious.

The low prices, freshness of the items, and mammoth display of products at Walmart were just a few of the reasons we had no problem crowning it the victor over Whole Foods. 

Here’s what it was like:

First, we stopped by Walmart in Secaucus, New Jersey.

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Shoppers don’t usually come to Walmart for just one item, so the endless rows of shopping carts awaiting us at the entrance to the superstore were hardly surprising.

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We knew we were in for a unique experience when we were greeted by two huge bins of seasonal watermelon at the store’s entrance. We hardly even had a moment to take in the store before we noticed them.

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