Both grocers sell mostly natural or organic products and have fresh salad and juice bars, sandwich counters, and pre-made meals for purchase, along with in-store dining areas. They also sell natural health products like vitamins and supplements. From Business Insider.
https://www.businessinsider.com/whol...cheaper-2018-4
But ok
Anybody who shops at the two knows they aren't close to the same. Not even close to the same selections - Deli's, meat, seafood, bakery, cheeses, depth of products, and on and on are way different and better at WF.
Can't say for across the country, but I am not aware of in-store dining at Sprouts.
By the way, I love Sprouts. It just isn't the same.
Obviously Business Insider thinks they’re similar or they wouldn’t have done a comparison. Some cities have larger Sprouts stores than OKC and have sitting areas. No they’re not exactly the same but they both sell mostly organic or natural products…like the article says. Sprouts isn’t in the same category as Homeland, Crest or Winco. Again they focus on organic natural specialty food items.
I wasn't being literal. But they both cater to the same target market. Is Homeland and Crest the same? No. But they both cater to the same target market. Sprouts (in OKC) is just a scaled down version of WF. You make it sound like they're polar opposites.
I've never shopped at Natural Grocers.
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I agree that Sprouts, Whole Foods, and Natural Grocers appear to be going after the same market. They definitely aren't the exact same, but it has always been my opinion those grocers are similar.
It is scaled down and thus doesn't have the breadth and depth of offerings. It's the breadth and depth of what they offer that is the differentiator, not that both have organic items. The deli is very different as Sprouts is basically just a sandwich station. The breadth and depth of cheeses is distinctive. You can't start to compare the meat and seafood departments. The freshly prepared food stations with salads, hot entrees, etc. is non existent in Sprouts. They may be in the same very broad category but are very very different stores.
Target isn't the same as Saks. I am sure some people shop at both, but are very different. I doubt many Whole Food shoppers actually shop much at Sprouts too, and visa versa.
Out of the two, we usually go to Sprouts, but occasionally shop at WF. And we only go to Sprouts monthly (Homeland and WinCo are our regular/weekly stores), so maybe WF every few months for something special or better quality than Sprouts. We don't shop at WF much because of their higher prices, and they're busier and more crowded than Sprouts most of the time.
Swake, my company (Ill let you guess which one it is) has many subsidiaries that have full control of their operations including their own executives. We have little to no control over them other than financing and all-up external reporting.
I'm certain that is also the case with AMZ and WF, especially considering WF isn't listed in the Amazon umbrella of wholly owned subsidiaries like AWS, Kindle, etc (which are more directly controlled by AMZ corporate).
Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!
Heard they are looking at the old Stein Mart location at 2nd and Bryant in Edmond. Anyone know more?
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