Sacramento-area Amazon Fresh locations to close as giant pivots to Whole Foods

Amazon will close all of its Amazon Fresh grocery stores, including the three in the Sacramento region that serve as the company’s only Northern California locations, the retailer announced Tuesday.

A final date was not announced, but Amazon Fresh’s Elk Grove, Roseville and Citrus Heights stores are among 57 Fresh locations nationwide slated to close, the e-commerce giant said in a statement. The online retailer had 19 other stores in California, all in Southern California.

Amazon will also close 15 of its Amazon Go locations as the company turns away from brick-and-mortar grocery stores to concentrate on online same-day delivery and its Whole Foods Market brand…

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