Here’s where the newest Amazon Fresh store will open
Amazon continues expanding its Amazon Fresh high-tech grocery store footprint.
In an email to Chain Store Age, the omnichannel giant confirmed a new Amazon Fresh store is opening in Glen Burnie, Md. (part of the suburban Baltimore metro market) on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. This location will mark the first Amazon Fresh store in Greater Baltimore.
The new Amazon Fresh store in Glen Burnie will feature the company's latest brick-and-mortar design unveiled last year in select Chicago and Southern California stores. The store 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 approximately 42,000-sq.-ft. store is expected to create dozens of local jobs. Its opening comes about nine months after Amazon closed a handful of Fresh stores, including one on Pike Street in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.
"Amazon already has a large online grocery business and millions of products available for fast delivery, but if you want to serve as many grocery needs as we do, you have to offer customers great selection, value, and convenience — not just online, but in physical stores too," an Amazon spokesperson said in the email. "We remain committed to grocery and will selectively open new Amazon Fresh stores as we see positive customer feedback on the new format, as well as continue to open new Whole Foods Market stores."
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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Following the opening of this store, the company will be operating at least 50 Amazon Fresh locations across California, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington and Virginia.
