The companies are integrating point-of-sales systems.
This doesn't mean much for the average shopper, but it will help make it possible for more of Amazon's brands to be available at Whole Foods, and vice versa.
The grocery chain is getting bigger.
Instead of laying off employees, Whole Foods says it will hire more workers to implement the changes.
Some Whole Foods stores have added Amazon Lockers.
You can have your Amazon.com orders delivered to a secure location inside certain Whole Foods stores until it's time to pick them up. Customers can also use lockers to return Amazon items.
Local stores won't get to decide if they want to sell regional items.
"Whole Foods also is centralizing much of its decision-making regarding the assortment of products across the country," the Wall Street Journal reported. "Instead of allowing brands to frequently pitch their products to individual stores or regions, Whole Foods executives in its Austin, Texas headquarters will choose a higher percentage of the items stores carry."
Brand reps are being banned from stores.
Whole Foods locations will no longer allow brand representatives to visit stores to promote products or check up on how things are stocked and displayed, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Whole Foods is selling products on Amazon.com.
Soon after Amazon's $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods went through, more than a thousand Whole Foods items were added to Amazon.com. Whole Foods goods are available on Amazon.com, AmazonFresh, Prime Pantry, and Prime Now.
Currently, to purchase many of the Whole Foods items you need to have an AmazonFresh membership. AmazonFresh is Amazon's grocery delivery service and costs Prime members an additional $14.99 per month.
Amazon Prime members will get special discounts.
Whole Foods announced that Amazon Prime will replace Whole Foods' current loyalty program.
The grocery stores are now selling Amazon Echos and Echo Dots.
According to Amazon, the popular voice-controlled speaker system will be available at select Whole Foods locations. A Brooklyn location advertised the Amazon Echo as the "pick of the season" the day the acquisition completed.
Whole Foods has already cut prices.
The day the acquisition went through, prices of many Whole Foods staples immediately dropped. Some price tags decreased by up to 40%.
An identical basket of items from a Whole Foods location in Brooklyn went from $97.76 pre-acquisition to $75.85 post-acquisition.
