Whole Foods Launches Mobile Website
Whole Foods Market has unveiled a new website aimed at mobile users.
The company says it provides users with the same features as its non-mobile site. Visitors to the mobile site can access Whole Foods selection of over 2,000 recipes, store information including hours, driving directions, store specials and a calendar of events for their local store.
"Whether they are at home, work, or out and about, our customers can now easily access store information and what's on sale at their local Whole Foods Market," said Bill Tolany, global coordinator of integrated media for Whole Foods Market.
"Shoppers can also use their handheld devices to create shopping lists and save their favorite recipes to 'My Recipe Box,' a popular feature on our website."
The mobile site also features a store locator where customers can use a ZIP code search to find the nearest Whole Foods Market store.
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The era of location-as-platform for software development is just beginning. No longer of interest only to uber-geeks, everyday people are now reporting their physical locations online, often through their phones. Geolocation services are hot and ever more prominent ones (like Facebook) are believed to be right around the corner.
This is a very exciting development for lovers of innovation. Today we asked some of our favorite web-heads why they are excited about geolocation and below you'll find their answers. We hope you'll share with us what you too, dear readers, think of this hot new trend online.
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