VaMoInNj t1_j9kf7nz wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:06 PM

Reply to comment by BurkeyTurger in Chesterfield planning official confirms Whole Foods coming to Hull Street Road by No_Education_5067

I'm sure they are eventually going to expand Fresh again, but anything being announced this week isn't going to be a Fresh store.

I've shopped at an Amazon Fresh store, and they aren't that good. The Amazon Go convenience store concept is excellent, but the full grocery store isn't. Especially since it isn't just "walk right out" as they say. You still have to have your phone scanned out of the store by an Amazon employee at the exit before the exit gate will open. Add extremely high prices to that, and after shopping at one once, I have no desire to really go back to one.

Hopefully the expansion pause will let them figure out what they need to do to make it work.

BurkeyTurger t1_j9kggk6 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:14 PM

Both this site and the Alverser one were in the works since last fall if you look at the Accela system so it isn't a new announcement.

VaMoInNj t1_j9kil1u wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:27 PM

In that case maybe, but they had another few in the works up here, including at least one that was pretty close to complete, that they have stopped work on for now.