Amazon to Expand Grocery Delivery, Resume Supermarket Openings
- Company plans to open new US Amazon Fresh stores in 2024
- Whole Foods delivery is coming ‘in the very near future’
An employee prepares deliveries at an Amazon Fresh grocery store in Schaumburg, Illinois, US.
Photographer: Christopher Dilts/BloombergEarlier this year, Amazon.com Inc. began testing a grocery delivery service for people who don’t subscribe to its Prime loyalty program. Now the e-commerce giant is rolling out the service to the rest of the US as it prepares to open more supermarkets next year.
The expansion, announced Thursday, is part of a grocery reboot reported by Bloomberg in August. Shoppers will be eligible for the offering anywhere the company operates its Amazon Fresh service. Non-Prime members will be charged $4.95 to $13.95 for delivery, while members now pay $6.95 to $9.95, with free deliveries over $100.