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Amazon is serving up a new discount plan for Prime members at Whole Foods Markets.

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Amazon is bringing its new Prime Whole Foods Market discount to 10 more states starting Wednesday.

With the expansion, Amazon Prime members can save an extra 10% on many sale items and get exclusive offers on popular products at stores in 23 states, including California, Texas, Arizona and Georgia.

“We’re excited that Prime savings will be available at nearly half of our Whole Foods Market stores this week, giving more Prime members access to great deals just in time for summer,” said Whole Foods president and CEO A.C. Gallo in a statement.

The members-only discount launched May 16 in Florida and has expanded quickly. The program will be extended nationwide this summer and is already available at Whole Foods Market 365 stores nationwide.

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Introducing new savings available exclusively to @amazon Prime members at Whole Foods Market, launching in Florida stores today and across stores nationwide starting this summer. Download the app and learn more: https://t.co/pX95KqCezI#PrimexWholeFoodspic.twitter.com/HDKs1bnlsg

— Whole Foods Market (@WholeFoods) May 16, 2018

“Based on the positive customer feedback and successes we’ve seen over the past month, we’re accelerating our timeline to expand these savings to all of our U.S. stores,” Gallo said.

This week, Amazon also expanded its free two-hour Whole Foods grocery delivery to Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia and Richmond. The service available for Prime members on orders over $35 is now available in 14 cities through Prime Now.

The program is currently available in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego and San Francisco and will continue expanding throughout 2018.

Whole Foods discount

Prime member deals are advertised with signs throughout Whole Foods stores and also are listed in the Whole Foods app.

To access them, Prime members must download the Whole Foods Market mobile app and sign in with their Amazon account, which will create a QR code that the Whole Foods cashier scans at the register.

Members can also link their cell phone number to their Prime account and provide a number at the Whole Foods checkout.

Learn more at www.amazon.com/primesavings and ww.wholefoodsmarket.com/amazon.

Amazon Go: see inside Amazon’s new store without a checkout line

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The Amazon Go app being scanned in at the turnstile

The Amazon Go app scanned at the turnstile entrance to the Amazon Go convenience store at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle. The app connects the shopper to Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology. As they choose foods and place them in their bag or just hold them, the items are automatically charged to their account. When they leave, they don’t have to go through a checkout line, they just walk out.  Elizabeth Weise/USA TODAY
The Amazon Go convenience store at Amazon's headquarters

The Amazon Go convenience store at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle. It features Just Walk Out technology, which allows shoppers who have the Amazon Go app to walk in, grab what they want, and walk out – all without going through a checkout line. The costs are automatically charged to their account.  Elizabeth Weise/USA TODAY
A woman buying ice cream at the Amazon Go convenience

A woman buying ice cream at the Amazon Go convenience store at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle.If a customer picks something up but then put it back, the store knows it and removes the item from their virtual shopping basket.  Elizabeth Weise/USA TODAY
A salad for sale at Amazon’s Amazon Go convenience

A salad for sale at Amazon’s Amazon Go convenience store at the company’s headquarters in Seattle. Store-made sandwiches, salads and other items come in plastic containers tagged with a dot-based readable system similar to a bar code. This is one way the store’s multiple cameras are able to know what items the customer has selected.  Elizabeth Weise/USA TODAY
The Amazon Go app. Used at the Amazon Go convenience

The Amazon Go app. Used at the Amazon Go convenience store at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, it links to Amazon’s proprietary Just Walk Out technology. Amazon is expected to keep details of this technology closely held as it tests its first store with the public.  Elizabeth Weise/USA TODAY
Cameras in the ceiling at the Amazon Go convenience

Cameras in the ceiling at the Amazon Go convenience store at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle. The cameras, along with sensors in the shelves and heavy computing technology, allow Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology to track what items a shopper has taken.  Elizabeth Weise/USA TODAY
The Amazon Go convenience store at Amazon's headquarters

The Amazon Go convenience store at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle. Amazon staffers who have used it for the last year like to see how fast they can buy something from the store — in some cases, in just a minute.   Elizabeth Weise/USA TODAY

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New states

Prime members can take advantage of Whole Foods’ savings starting Wednesday in these additional states:

  • Alabama
  • Arizona
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Oregon
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Washington
  • The program is now available in all of California and Nevada. Previously, it was only available in the northern parts of both states.

Already available

The program was already available at Whole Foods Market 365 stores nationwide and Whole Food Market stores in the following states:

  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Florida
  • Idaho
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • Missouri (Kansas City only)
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Oklahoma
  • Texas
  • Utah

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USA TODAY reporter Elizabeth Weise contributed to this report.

Kelly Tyko is a consumer columnist and retail reporter for Treasure Coast Newspapers and TCPalm.com, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK. Follow her on Twitter @KellyTyko.

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