Amazon moves into real-world stores with $13. 7 billion Whole Foods deal The deal is for $ 13 4 billion in cash and the remainder in debt The acquisition price implies a trailing 12-month price-to-earnings multiple for Whole Foods of 31 times, versus a 14 4 average for the S P 500 Food Retail index SPLRCRETF Amazon and Whole Foods expect to close the deal during the second half of 2017