Amazon Folds Whole Foods Delivery Into Prime Now, Starting With 4-City Rollout

Amazon is rolling Whole Foods deliveries into its Prime Now delivery service, beginning with the Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach, Virginia, markets, it said Thursday. Customers will be able to get free food and select alcohol deliveries in two hours with orders of $35 or more, or within one hour for a $7.99 delivery fee, it said. Delivery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Amazon plans to expand the service across the U.S. this year. Dallas and Austin are two of the remaining 20 contenders (see 1801180010) for Amazon’s second headquarters, to be revealed this year, along with Columbus, Ohio; Northern Virginia; and Raleigh, North Carolina.