'Love at first sight': The bizarre story of how Amazon's deal for Whole Foods went down

AP"Until death do us part," said Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, who fell hard for Amazon after their blind date.Amazon shocked the world last week when it announced a $13.7 billion deal to buy organic-grocer Whole Foods - a warning shot that officially put competing grocers on notice and sent their shares tumbling.

In a town hall meeting the day the deal was announced, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey shed light on how the deal went down - and it's unorthodox.

As Mackey tells it, it all started with a blind date six weeks ago, which was love at first sight.

Here's Mackey, from the town hall transcript (emphasis ours):

A positively ebullient Mackey continues to gush about Amazon, raving about their innovation and how good the merger will be for Whole Foods.

Then, bizarrely, Mackey tells the town hall that he had foreseen the merger with Amazon in a dream a year and a half ago.

Take it away, Mackey (again, emphasis ours):

Later, an Amazon executive begins to tell the crowd that Mackey will stay on as CEO - and is interrupted by Mackey, who chimes in, "Until death do us part."

There's been a lot of chatter that rivals might emerge to try and outbid Amazon for Whole Foods. But based on Mackey's stirring testimony, it would take an awful lot to make star-crossed lovers out of Amazon and Whole Foods.

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