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Amazon shakes up its grocery strategy

Seattle Now

KUOW News and Information

Daily News, News

4.7670 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Amazon has always aspired to be the Everything Store, but the company has struggled to capture one of the largest sectors of the retail industry: Grocery stores. 

The tech giant has tried various approaches over the last decade or so, but the last year has brought a number of shake-ups. Now it’s discontinuing one of its flagship experiments. 

Seattle Times reporter Lauren Rosenblatt dug into the changes and what they may mean for Amazon’s future. 

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Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Monday. This is Seattle now. Amazon has always

0:33.3

aspired to be the everything store, the one place where you could get whatever you want,

0:38.8

whenever you want. But the company has struggled to capture one of the most common shopping

0:44.1

experiences, grocery stores. The tech giant has tried various approaches over the last

0:50.4

decade or so, and now it's discontinuing one of its flagship experiments. Seattle Times

0:56.1

reporter Lauren Rosenblatt will talk with us about what to expect from Amazon in a minute,

1:01.0

but first, here's what's coming up this week. Garfield students won't be in school again today.

1:08.6

Classes are canceled following a fatal shooting on campus Thursday.

1:13.2

Amar Murphy was shot after trying to break up a fight. Over the weekend, students, teammates, and

1:19.2

families gathered to remember Murphy on the football field where he played for the school.

1:24.7

The person who shot him has not been found. The Seattle School Board was supposed to be talking about possible school closures tonight.

1:31.3

On Friday, it canceled the meeting. Instead, the board will meet an executive session

1:36.3

to review the performance of a public employee. No details on what that means.

1:41.3

The regular meeting will be rescheduled and will let you know if there's any news out of that executive session.

1:49.0

And Zendah Hardy, congrats to local restaurateur Yenvi Fam, whose family owns some of the oldest Fah shops, including Fah, Bach in South Seattle.

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