![]() ![]() Next after California and Illinois in number of Amazon Fresh stores are Virginia (five) Washington state (four locations) and Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and D.C. That’s more than double the 14 locations that Amazon Fresh had about a year earlier. stores in eight states and the District of Columbia. Earlier this month, a 16,000-square-foot store opened in Arlington, Va., giving Amazon Fresh five stores in Virginia. ![]() In announcing the openings of the Oceanside and Paramus stores, Amazon also said it opened a 50,000-square-foot Amazon Fresh in Norridge, Ill., the banner’s ninth location in Illinois, on July 14 and a 44,000-square-foot Amazon Fresh in Encino., Calif., the brand’s 16th in California, on July 21. In March 2020, Amazon acquired leases for Fairway’s Paramus and Woodland Park, N.J., stores via auction as part of the latter chain’s bankruptcy. Related: Amazon Fresh adds incentive for Prime shoppersĪmazon Fresh’s store in Paramus also sits on a former Fairway Market site. More Amazon Fresh stores are upcoming for New York and New Jersey following the opening of the locations in Oceanside and Paramus. According to Newsday, two more Long Island Amazon Fresh stores are upcoming, in Plainview (a former Fairway Market store) and East Setauket (a former Waldbaum’s store). Besides being the first Amazon Fresh in the Empire State, the Oceanside store - which occupies the space of a former Waldbaum’s supermarket - represents Amazon Fresh’s debut in the metro New York suburban market of Long Island. In mid-May, Amazon had unveiled plans for Amazon Fresh to enter metro New York with new stores in Paramus and Oceanside, both of which would offer the company’s Just Walk Out cashierless shopping. Related: Amazon unveils upgraded Dash Cart The two stores mark Amazon Fresh’s first New Jersey and New York locations. The Seattle-based e-tailer last week opened a 50,000-square-foot Amazon Fresh in Paramus, N.J., after opening a 47,000-square-foot store in Oceanside, N.Y., the week before. Amazon has brought its Amazon Fresh supermarket banner into the New York metropolitan area as part of five new-store openings this month as well as launched its second Amazon Go/Starbucks combo location. ![]()
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