Up to 250 jobs at risk as all Amazon Fresh grocery shops set to close

Yorkshire Post

Amazon has revealed plans to close all of its Amazon Fresh grocery stores in the UK, putting up to 250 workers at the retailer at risk. The US-based firm said it plans to shut its 19 Amazon Fresh stores, but is proposing to convert five of these into Whole Foods stores.

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00:00Hello, I'm Greg Wright of the Yorkshire Post.

00:04Amazon has published plans to close all of its Amazon Fresh grocery stores in the UK,

00:10putting up to 250 jobs at risk.

00:13The firm said it plans to shut its 19 Amazon Fresh stores,

00:17but is planning to convert five of them into whole food stores.

00:22It said the move is part of a wider overhaul of its UK grocery operations,

00:26which will shift focus more towards its online business,

00:30with bosses saying that it still feels deeply invested in the UK.

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