Amazon to close Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh to concentrate on Whole Foods and grocery delivery

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Associated Presd

Business
Amazon to close Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh to concentrate on Whole Foods and grocery delivery

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
Updated 11:50 AM EST, January 27, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said it’s closing all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh locations, as the online behemoth focuses on its grocery delivery, Whole Foods Market and a new “supersized” store concept.

The Seattle-based online retailer said Tuesday in a blog post that it plans to convert some of those soon-to-be shuttered locations into Whole Foods Market stores. The company operates 57 Amazon Fresh stores and 15 Amazon Go stores.

“While we’ve seen encouraging signals in our Amazon-branded physical grocery stores, we haven’t yet created a truly distinctive customer experience with the right economic model needed for large-scale expansion,” the company said in the post.

Amazon noted that customers can continue to shop Amazon Fresh online in available areas for “fast and convenient delivery."

{snip}

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/amazon-amazon-go-amazon-fresh-deliveries-6db095b6631fecfe03e5f2fc2ad63b69

---

The stores are shutting down from sea to shining sea. In four days.

Original text:

https://www.alxnow.com/2026/01/27/amazon-fresh-will-close-potomac-yard-location-as-it-shuts-down-all-stores-nationwide/

News
Amazon Fresh will close Potomac Yard location as it shuts down all stores nationwide

By James Cullum
Published January 27, 2026 at 1:30PM


Amazon Fresh at 3801 Richmond Highway in the Potomac Yard Shopping Center (staff photo by James Cullum)

Amazon Fresh announced today* (Tuesday) that it will close all its stores nationwide, including the location at Potomac Yard that opened just a year and a half ago.

The last day for most Amazon Fresh stores across the country is Feb. 1, according to the Associated Press. Amazon plans to shutter all Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores, converting some locations into Whole Foods Markets, according to a press release.

Details, including which locations will be converted and the exact timelines, are still being finalized, according to a spokesperson.

{snip}

* https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-fresh-go-stores-closing-expanding-whole-foods

[LisaM]

1. It seemed like a dystopian shopping experience anyway.

Amazon does seem committed to creating a dystopian world, though, so I am sure they'll come up with some fresh hell.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. FRESH AMAZON HELL is the new sign.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Amazon controlling our food supply ??? NO THANK YOU !! nt

[Zorro]

3. An Amazon Fresh store opened close by us last year

I actually liked shopping there once I got the hang of scanning and placing objects in the cart and then heading out the door without using a checkout line. Prices were pretty competitive -- and since it was reported that the stores were money losers for Amazon, so much the better.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Now, let's see those GET YER BEZO BARGINS HERE signs...

IOW... Watch for prices to rise while they liquidate inventory.

Four days. So the fruit won't rot.

I wonder what's going to happen with the food? Trashed probably.

Fuck Amazon.
GENERAL STRIKE NOW!!
❤️ RESIST!! ✊️