Question

PESTLE analysis - what are the key macro-environmental variables that might affect Whole Foods and other grocers?

Answer 1

PESTLE analysis
Political
Production process of product of the whole foods is placed outside the US hence transportation cost is influenced by tariffs.
Due to Lifestyle driven health problems like obesity, government is promoting healthy living by a healthier you strategy.
Safety inspection of the product to ensure that preservatives are within the permitted limit.

Economic
Whole foods made affected by economic downturn and recession.
Whole food is trying to source organic product at an economical cost which was earlier very costly.

Social:
Society is becoming more and more health conscious day by day due to easy accessibility of information and knowledge of effect of diet on health.
Whole food store shelf are arranged based on the demand of customer,

Technological
Online orders is being accepted the website and apps
Customer information is collected in a database which tracks the order number and the items associated.

Legal
Acquisitions and mergers have played a significant role in success of whole foods.
After acquisition of whole foods by Amazon, US Federal trade Commission charged antitrust suit against whole foods.

Environmental
Certification for organic food products had been obtained.
All the operations of the businesses of whole food business operation is in conformance to the environmental practices and regulation