Amazon is closing all Fresh grocery stores in the UK
10 hours ago
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- Amazon is closing 14 Amazon Fresh grocery stores in the UK.
- The remaining five Fresh locations will convert to Whole Foods Market.
- Amazon will shift focus to online grocery deliveries in the UK.
- Perishables will be added to Same-Day Delivery for UK customers by 2026.
- This follows a 2023 contraction where Amazon closed some Fresh and Go stores.
- Just Walk Out technology, introduced in 2018 (US) and 2021 (UK), faced cost, accuracy, and privacy concerns.
- Amazon stopped using Just Walk Out in US Fresh stores in 2024.