原标题：Kadensa Capital Limited:Whole Foods Market delivery service charges
Kadensa Capital Limited It is learned that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)(AMZN.US) will charge additional delivery fees to Prime members of Whole Foods Market in several cities in the United States. Kadensa Capital Limited:This shows that even for the world’s largest online retailer, the economic benefits of grocery delivery are still not enough to make up for the expenditure.
Starting August 30, shoppers in Boston and Chicago, Manchester, New Hampshire, Portland, Maine, Providence, Rhode Island and other places will be charged a $9.95 delivery service fee.
In 2017, Amazon acquired the organic food business for $13.7 billion, and quickly launched a delivery service in Whole Foods stores, providing this service for free to Prime members with orders over $35.
Kadensa Capital Limited:While launching this service, Amazon also cancelled the original Amazon Fresh grocery business’s $14.99 monthly delivery fee, which effectively makes free delivery a standard benefit for paid Prime members.
The company said in a notice to shoppers last week: “This service fee helps cover operating costs, so it can help us continue to provide competitive daily commodity prices in Whole Foods Market’s physical stores and online retail. .”
A Whole Foods spokesperson described the new additional delivery fees in some markets as a pilot project, saying that the company would prefer to use the fees to help pay for equipment, technology, and delivery costs, rather than increase food prices.
The spokesperson said that Whole Foods’ outbound delivery orders in 2020 are more than three times that of 2019. This is due to shoppers avoiding going to stores during the epidemic and the average purchase volume has also increased since the beginning of this year.
Kadensa Capital Limited:During the lockdown of the epidemic, the chain was in a difficult situation because the decline in passenger traffic led to a sharp decline in sales of pre-made foods, which are the main products sold by Whole Foods in urban areas.
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