Amazon is closing all Fresh grocery stores in the UK<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Amazon is pivoting its grocery operations in the UK, </span><a target="_blank" class="link" href="
https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/retail/amazon-uk-online-grocery-delivery-amazon-fresh"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">announcing</span>[/url]<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> that it will close 14 of its Amazon Fresh stores in the country. The remaining five Amazon Fresh locations in the UK will be converted to the Whole Foods Market brand. Rather than the brick and mortar shops, Amazon said it will focus on online grocery deliveries within the region. In 2026, the company said it expects to add perishables to its Same-Day Delivery orders for UK customers, which was just </span><a target="_blank" class="link" href="
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/amazon-adds-perishable-food-to-same-day-delivery-162144510.html"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">introduced</span>[/url]<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> in the US last month.</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">The move echoes a similar contraction </span><a target="_blank" rel="" class="link rapid-with-clickid rapid-with-clickid" href="
https://shopping.yahoo.com/rdlw?merchantId=34e37b9c-8975-48da-aa39-df8bcd5badc3&siteId=us-engadget&pageId=1p-autolink&contentUuid=c68306e4-4c22-418f-82ca-b5144c5a4fb7&featureId=text-link&merchantName=CNBC&linkText=in+2023&custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5jbmJjLmNvbS8yMDIzLzAyLzAyL2FtYXpvbi1pcy1zaHV0dGluZy1zb21lLWZyZXNoLWFuZC1nby1zdG9yZXMtYXMtdGhlLWNvbXBhbnktY3V0cy1jb3N0cy5odG1sIiwiY29udGVudFV1aWQiOiJjNjgzMDZlNC00YzIyLTQxOGYtODJjYS1iNTE0NGM1YTRmYjciLCJvcmlnaW5hbFVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNuYmMuY29tLzIwMjMvMDIvMDIvYW1hem9uLWlzLXNodXR0aW5nLXNvbWUtZnJlc2gtYW5kLWdvLXN0b3Jlcy1hcy10aGUtY29tcGFueS1jdXRzLWNvc3RzLmh0bWwifQ&signature=AQAAASpUrW1TLP6LnwBhKhAH7rJc15F32UiYilFwBwfM2x6_&gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2023%2F02%2F02%2Famazon-is-shutting-some-fresh-and-go-stores-as-the-company-cuts-costs.html" data-i13n="elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:CNBC;elmt:">in 2023[/url]<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">, where Amazon said it would shutter both some Fresh supermarkets and some Go convenience stores. Many of these shops highlighted the Just Walk Out tech from Amazon, which it introduced in the US in 2018 and </span><a target="_blank" class="link" href="
https://www.engadget.com/amazon-go-store-uk-084721065.html"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">in the UK in 2021</span>[/url]<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">. Just Walk Out eliminated cashiers in those stores and instead charged customers by using a network of cameras, sensors and human observers checking video feeds to calculate the tab for a person's purchase and then charge them afterwards. However, the approach yielded concerns around cost, accuracy and privacy. Amazon </span><a target="_blank" class="link" href="
https://www.engadget.com/amazon-just-walked-out-on-its-self-checkout-technology-191703603.html"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">stopped using</span>[/url]<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> Just Walk Out in its US Fresh stores last year.</span></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Update, September 23, 2025, 5:55PM ET: </strong>Revised to correct a misstatement about Amazon's current use of Just Walk Out in the US. </span></p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Amazon is closing all Fresh grocery stores in the UK
