Amazon Eyes Its Own Convenience Stores In Addition To Drive-Up Grocery Sites (geekwire.com)

Amazon's next push into the grocery business could be convenience stores as well as curbside pickup locations, reports WSJ. The Seattle-based company aims to build small brick and mortar stores that would sell things like milk, meat and other perishable items (Editor's note: the link could be paywalled; alternate source). GeekWire adds: But the convenience stores are a new twist. The WSJ says Amazon "aims to build small brick-and-mortar stores that would sell produce, milk, meats and other perishable items that customers can take home," according to its sources. "Primarily using their mobile phones or, possibly, touch screens around the store, customers could also order peanut butter, cereal and other goods with longer shelf lives for same-day delivery." However, the report cautions, the convenience stores "may take a year or more to open while Amazon scouts locations, and may be shelved because of financial or operational concerns, the people said."Interesting move from Amazon, a company that has run many convenience stores out of business with its online business.

Comments

This is a bad idea.

[sims 2]

The brick and mortar market is already at saturation.

Walmart is already starting to offer in-store pickup and drive up pickup.

Amazon would be better off investing in drone delivery as it has a much better chance of being profitable.

Oh and little stores that sell milk and stuff? Walmart already tried that with "walmart express" it didn't work.

Finally!

[Anonymous Coward]

Finally I'll have somewhere to get fresh milk, instead of waiting two days for it to get delivered on prime.