--- title: Amazon Buying Whole Foods: The Internet's Funniest Reactions description: The internet went crazy with jokes for the news that Amazon was buying Whole Foods. canonical: https://time.com/4821460/amazon-buying-whole-foods-twitter/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-16T15:02:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:35.482Z og:title: The Most Ridiculously Funny Reactions to Amazon Buying Whole Foods og:description: "Now I can prime my $30 a lb Wild Atlantic salmon straight to my door." og:url: https://time.com/4821460/amazon-buying-whole-foods-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt495cb5355e49fb28/6988d1fe2dce014ea49edf0e/gettyimages-6675045961.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Riverdale Park Station - Riverdale Park, MD og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Most Ridiculously Funny Reactions to Amazon Buying Whole Foods twitter:description: "Now I can prime my $30 a lb Wild Atlantic salmon straight to my door." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt495cb5355e49fb28/6988d1fe2dce014ea49edf0e/gettyimages-6675045961.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Most Ridiculously Funny Reactions to Amazon Buying Whole Foods by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 16, 2017 3:02 PM UTC  Graydon Hipple, 9, runs on a ledge outside the Whole Foods Market on April 9, 2017, in Riverdale Park, MD. Graydon Hipple, 9, runs on a ledge outside the Whole Foods Market on April 9, 2017, in Riverdale Park, MD.The Washington Post—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 16, 2017 3:02 PM UTC [Amazon](http://time.com/4821303/whole-foods-amazon-history/?xid=homepage) announced on Friday that it will acquire upscale food market chain [Whole Foods](http://time.com/4821304/amazon-buying-whole-foods/?xid=homepage) for $13.7 billion, and the Internet was quick to erupt with all the avocado and hummus-themed comedy. The companies struck the deal at a time when sales had been declining for Whole Foods, as some shoppers were swinging away from buying organic. The merger is a boost for Amazon, which has been making a play for physical retail spaces lately. As soon as news of the merger broke, the [Internet got down to firing off the jokes](http://10:22] https://twitter.com/ChicagoPhotoSho/status/875708981511163905). See below for the best of the hot takes about the business deal. Humor about Amazon’s voice-activated assistant [Alexa](http://time.com/4712886/amazon-echo-alexa-skills-2017/)? The Internet had that, but also some fun with grocery costs, and the idea that consumers could go a lifetime without ever shopping anywhere other than Amazon. See the most ridiculously funny reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/mims/status/875702969857187840) > [](https://twitter.com/anildash/status/875702629594271745) > [](https://twitter.com/cjscalia/status/875703866746077184) > [](https://twitter.com/chesterlampkin/status/875704432494862339) > [](https://twitter.com/ScottInSacto/status/875708738136457216) > [](https://twitter.com/thistallawkgirl/status/875710004841656320) > [](https://twitter.com/MelissaStetten/status/875716321647964160) > [](https://twitter.com/JShermOfficial/status/875720119502204928) > [](https://twitter.com/john%5Fkeim/status/875703105136066560) > [](https://twitter.com/MissDrifty/status/875720107590385664) > [](https://twitter.com/robtoole/status/875720074203672576) > [](https://twitter.com/besthandleever/status/875702879763521537) > [](https://twitter.com/CJoeBlack/status/875701524047036416) > [](https://twitter.com/avengedsorrow/status/875720171859652608) > [](https://twitter.com/LIL%5FICEBUNNY/status/875700067654651904) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4821460/amazon-buying-whole-foods-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4821460/amazon-buying-whole-foods-twitter/"},"headline":"The Most Ridiculously Funny Reactions to Amazon Buying Whole Foods","datePublished":"2017-06-16T15:02:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:35.482Z","description":"All the avocado and hummus-themed comedy.","url":"https://time.com/4821460/amazon-buying-whole-foods-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Amazon","viral","Whole Foods","onetime","Business"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt495cb5355e49fb28/6988d1fe2dce014ea49edf0e/gettyimages-6675045961.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt495cb5355e49fb28/6988d1fe2dce014ea49edf0e/gettyimages-6675045961.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Riverdale Park Station - Riverdale Park, MD","caption":"Riverdale Park Station - Riverdale Park, MD","creditText":"The Washington Post—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4821460/amazon-buying-whole-foods-twitter/","name":"The Most Ridiculously Funny Reactions to Amazon Buying Whole Foods"}}]}] ```