Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market chain of high-end organic supermarkets for USD 13.7 billion in June 2017.
Amazon also began offering free, two-hour delivery from Whole Foods stores in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach to its Prime members.
Amazon Prime is a USD 99-annual membership programme that includes free shipping, streaming music and video, and photo storage.
Members already get 5% back on any Amazon purchases when they use the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa card from Chase.
They also get 2% back at restaurants, gas stations and drugstores, and 1% back on all other purchases made on the card. But this time a 5%-back deal has extended to purchases beyond Amazon.com.
Those who have the card, but who are not Prime members, will get 3% back on purchases at Whole Foods.
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