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Amazon buying Whole Foods was the best thing that ever happened to Instacart

Amazon buying Whole Foods was the best thing that ever happened to Instacart

Grocery stores had been keeping a wary eye on Amazon. When word came in June that the e-commerce giant was buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, big grocery chains scrambled for a response. They found one in startups like Instacart. The San Francisco-based delivery service has long positioned itself as the “de facto ally of…