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All Amazon Fresh grocery stores in UK set to close
The Independent
|September 24, 2025
Amazon plans to close all 19 of its grocery shops across the UK, putting as many as 250 jobs at risk.
The firm will look to convert up to five of the Amazon Fresh shops, noted for their walk-in walk-out style with no checkouts, into Whole Foods stores. Amazon said the move is part of a wider overhaul of its UK grocery operations, which will shift focus more towards its online business. Its bosses have said that the firm is still “deeply invested” in the UK.
The US-based company said yesterday that it had launched a consultation process proposing the closure of the Amazon Fresh UK stores. It is consulting with employees at the sites, which employ around 250 staff. However, it said not all employees are set to be affected by the closures, and it plans to offer those who are new roles in other parts of the business. Recently, the company pledged to invest £40bn in Britain across the next three years.
This story is from the September 24, 2025 edition of The Independent.
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