For the most part, these Amazon Fresh stores look like they’re ready to open: The lights are on; there are signs for meat, seafood, bread and 15-cent bananas. But the shelves are empty, the doors are locked and no employees are around.
Amazon’s pivot from rapid expansion to cost-cutting has left “zombie” grocery stores like these across the country, including in the Northeast, California and Illinois, according to local officials, visits by The Information to four would-be Amazon Fresh stores and local news reports. The pileup of zombie stores raises questions about the future of the company’s.
Source: The Information
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