Comment by twoodfin
5 days ago
Average American spends THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR year at Amazon. That’s staggering.
Is it? That’s by households, not individuals. Is it really crazy to imagine a household spending $200-300/month at Costco, Walmart, Whole Foods—or Amazon?
I spend $200-300 per week at whole foods, much to my own chagrin and moral discomfort.
If it brings you moral discomfort, why do you shop at whole foods? Shopping at Walmart (or whole foods!) would also bring me moral discomfort, so I just ...don't do it.
Today I shopped at the local food co-op, Sprouts (regional/semi-national chain), Whole Foods and Trader Joes. Word on the street is that the co-op has a worse labor relations history than Whole Foods. Trader Joes is good but doesn't sell more than a 1/3rd of the food we eat. Sprouts I don't know much about, it would be a fallback if Whole Foods disappeared.
Whole Foods has the food products (produce, dairy, eggs, grains, nuts) that we eat, is cheaper than the competition for this stuff, and unbelievably beats the co-op on labor relations. However, it also ships profit out of the area. For now, it's sort of the best of a bunch of not particularly good choices.
Maybe there's no comparable or better alternative? (Possibly because of Whole Food's capitalist power)
AFAICT, the numbers Matt’s referencing include Whole Foods so that’s a Whole Foods + Amazon.com $3,000.
Frankly, I think a lot of people have lost perspective on just how rich the average American household is: Around $145k annual income.
Not shocking that Amazon is capturing 2% of that gross.
You’re way off the median household income is $80K
https://dqydj.com/household-income-percentile-calculator/
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That's on food and consumable household stuff. I imagine some people do all of that shopping through Amazon. But on average?
I spent $3000 at borders bookstore in one year, back in the day. But Amazon gets about $100 a year from me.
You should spend less at Amazon. $100 less per year.
I do agree with you.