We are considering the possibility that Amazon will enter the convenience store business and developing real stores dealing with food items

ByI-5 Design & Manufacture

Service to deliver food items "AmazonFresh"In some areas such as the United States has been reported by The Wall Street Journal that Amazon has expanded its business and is planning to develop a convenience store in a real store.

Amazon to Expand Grocery Business With New Convenience Stores - WSJ
http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-expand-grocery-business-with-new-convenience-stores-1476189657

Amazon said to be planning physical convenience stores for grocery goods | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/amazon-said-to-be-planning-physical-convenience-stores-for-grocery-goods/

According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon is considering starting a convenience store that offers food sale and pick-up service. This deployment responds to requests that AmazonFresh customers who start services in some parts of the US want to "pick up food products after actually seeing it or pick up products on the way back from work" .

ByKyle Brazil

Project name named in Amazon internally is "Project Como", and it is planned that development to Amazon Fresh members first is scheduled. Amazon handles perishable foods such as milk, vegetables and meat with a short expiration date with a pickup service and orders for processed items with long expiration dates such as butter are accepted from touch screen type devices and mart phones installed in the store, We are planning to deliver to the house immediately.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon is considering a place to open a real shop at the time of article creation, and actually it will be opened more than one year later. However, Project Como itself may be canceled due to cost problems.

In addition, it is reported that Amazon is planning a drive-through type real store of groceries going to receive on automobiles after the customer orders the products, and construction of the first store in Seattle is being promoted in this regard I will open it as early as a few weeks.


Amazon Fresh started service in London, England in May 2016, but has not yet appeared in Japan. If Amazon makes a convenience store open in the United States, it is going to be a long way to land in Japan.