(NEXSTAR) – A physical Amazon-owned store near you may be closing as the company marks the end of its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go locations and focuses on its Whole Foods Markets.
Amazon Fresh and Go stores had autonomous features, the most unique of which let customers leave the store with their items without stopping at the checkout line. Amazon acknowledged that both brands produced “valuable insights about what matters to customers,” but said there is no “truly distinctive customer experience with the right economic model needed for large-scale expansion” of the physical stores.
Those stores are now set to close, Amazon said Tuesday, adding that “various locations” will be converted into Whole Foods Market stores.
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You can still find Amazon Fresh online and use it for delivery in available areas. Stores were only opened in nine states:
- California: Cerritos, Citrus Heights, Corona, Encino, Elk Grove, Fontana, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Ladera Heights, Long Beach, Moorpark, Murrieta, North Hollywood, Northridge, Pasadena, Poway, Roseville, Torrance, Upland, and Woodland Hills
- Illinois: Arlington Heights, Bloomingdale, Morton Grove, Naperville, Naperville-Ogden, Norridge, North Riverside, Oak Lawn, Schaumburg, and Tinley Park
- Maryland: Chevy Chase, Chevy Chase-Lake Terrace, Gaithersburg, Glen Burnie, and Silver Spring
- New Jersey: Eatonton, Lodi, Paramus, and Woodland Park
- New York: East Setauket and Oceanside
- Pennsylvania: Bensalem, Broomall, Oxford Valley, Spring Garden (Philadelphia), Warrington, and Willow Grove
- Tennessee: Nashville Warehouse
- Virginia: Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Franconia, and Lorton
- Washington: Factoria and Seattle (Aurora Avenue and Jackson Street)
There are 14 Amazon Go locations found in Seattle, Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles…