Amazon’s Whole Foods buy is new chapter of ‘Buyer Beware’

I was thinking of good old American capitalism keeping costs in check for consumers as I read the article “Amazon to buy Whole Foods in $13.7 billion deal” (Page 9B, June 17) until I got near the end where I read, “The Seattle-based company was recently granted a patent for technology that would block shoppers from comparing prices from their mobile devices while they’re in stores.” So is this a new modern technology chapter of “Buyer Beware?”

This story was originally published July 10, 2017 at 10:40 AM with the headline "Amazon’s Whole Foods buy is new chapter of ‘Buyer Beware’."