![]() “We give ourselves the ability to innovate, test and learn, and adapt to meet the changing needs of our customers,” Helbling says. physical locations selling food and consumables: 511 Whole Foods Market stores and 24 Amazon Go stores. The Amazon Fresh stores, which range in size from 25,000 to 45,000 square feet, join the company’s other U.S. At this very moment, there are at least two dozen Amazon Fresh stores in various stages of planning or construction across the United States, and Amazon reportedly has plans to open dozens if not more of these stores in major U.S. ![]() Since the company launched its first foray into traditional grocery in Woodland Hills, Calif., in August 2020, Amazon has opened 23 Amazon Fresh stores across six states and the District of Columbia. Leveraging the lessons from its $13 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market in 2017, and continuing to focus on ruthless execution and experimentation, Amazon is on the cusp of transforming grocery with what is expected to be an acceleration of openings for its Amazon Fresh format this year. “As we open more Amazon Fresh stores, we will continue to invest in technology - like our Just Walk Out shopping and the Amazon Dash Cart - to make the grocery shopping experience more convenient for customers.” ![]() “Amazon’s cultural bedrock is customer obsession, which drives all of our various businesses to innovate for customers in big and small ways, and to agonize over the things that matter most to them,” says Jeff Helbling, VP of Amazon Fresh. The chief of the company’s Amazon Fresh grocery banner answers that question in an exclusive interview with Progressive Grocer. ![]() It’s been 18 months since Amazon opened its first full-size supermarket, and a question on the mind of everyone in the retail industry is: What’s next for the e-commerce giant’s grocery aspirations? ![]()
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