Amazon Fresh expands in Pennsylvania
The latest high-tech Amazon Fresh grocery store is the banner’s fifth location in the Keystone State.
In an email to Chain Store Age, Amazon confirmed that a new Amazon Fresh store is opening in Willow Grove, Penn. (part of the Greater Philadephia metro market) on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. It follows locations opened in Warrington, Broomall, Springfield and Langhorne, Penn.
The approximately 31,000-sq.-ft. store is expected to created dozens of jobs and will feature a selection of national brands, produce and protein, as well as Amazon private-label brands like Aplenty, Amazon Fresh, Amazon Saver and 365 by Whole Foods Market.
The store also features Amazon’s latest brick-and-mortar design unveiled last year in select Chicago and Southern California stores and in an Amazon Fresh store also opening Thursday, Nov. 7 in Glen Burnie, Md. (part of the suburban Baltimore metro market).
"We’re thrilled to open our newest Amazon Fresh grocery store right here in the heart of Willow Grove," Lionel Triplett, regional manager, Amazon Fresh, said in the email. "This opening invites customers in Greater Philadelphia to experience grocery shopping with Amazon Fresh, both in-store and online."
Amazon Fresh – a closer look
Amazon debuted Amazon Fresh in 2020, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Other recent Amazon Fresh store openings include four units opened in Roseville, Calif., Tinley Park, Ill., Lodi, N.J. and Bensalem, Penn. in late August 2024, and a location which launched in Eatontown, N.J. in June 2024.
The Amazon Fresh format features a variety of high-tech omnichannel features designed to merge online grocery shopping with an elevated in-store experience. These include fast grocery delivery and pickup options, and all four new locations feature the Amazon Dash Cart smart shopping cart and Amazon One palm-based payment devices.
In addition, customers who shop these Amazon Fresh stores can save up to 30% on 4,000 weekly rotating grocery items across the aisles both in-store and online, every day. Prime members have exclusive access to Prime Savings, which offers 10% of on hundreds of additional grocery items across the aisles.
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With the opening of this store and the location in Maryland, the company is operating more than 50 Amazon Fresh locations across California, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington and Virginia.
