One of the country’s first Amazon Fresh grocery stores is coming to Long Beach.
City Councilmember Stacy Mungo, who represents Long Beach’s Fifth District, announced late Monday, Sept. 28, that Amazon Fresh will occupy the former site of Haggen Food & Pharmacy, 6235 E. Spring St.
The store is expected to open in December, Mungo wrote in her newsletter.
A spokesperson for Amazon confirmed the new store but declined to share further details.
The first Amazon Fresh grocery store opened to the public earlier this month in Woodland Hills. The stores feature decent prices (like 15-cent bananas) and Dash Carts, which use inward-facing cameras to track what’s in the basket and allow customers to skip the traditional checkout line; shoppers also have the choice to use a conventional cart and cashier.
The store will also offer free same-day delivery and pick-up for Amazon Prime members.
Mungo wrote that, according to Amazon, the store is expected to create “hundreds of high-quality local jobs.”
The Spring Street lot has been empty since 2015, when Haggen filed for bankruptcy and closed less than a year after it moved into the property.
But it appears Amazon Fresh is just beginning its journey into the brick-and-mortar business. The brand has opened stores in North Hollywood, Irvine, Northridge and Naperville, Illinois, on an online-only basis for the time being; an Amazon spokesperson did not have details about their in-store openings.
In addition to those and the Long Beach location, Amazon Fresh stores will also come soon to Whittier; Oak Lawn, Illinois; and Schaumburg, Illinois.
“It’s been a long time coming and our residents and neighbors have been waiting patiently,” Mungo wrote. “I’m excited to see a new grocery concept serving our community and providing essential jobs right when we need them most.”
September 30, 2020 at 03:26AM
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