Amazon wants to get into the grocery game — again — and these concepts may find success in Central Florida, experts said.
The Seattle-based e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) plans to open a grocery store in Los Angeles in 2020 separate from its AmazonFresh, AmazonGo and Whole Foods brands, according to sister publication Puget Sound Business Journal. It may be part of a larger rollout across the U.S. to Seattle, Chicago, New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia for the 20,000- to 40,000-square-foot concepts, Wall Street Journal reported. The stores would target middle-income consumers.
An Amazon spokesman wasn’t available for comment about a Florida expansion. But if the company does try the stores here, that would provide construction opportunities and create local jobs as Amazon expands its grip on all things retail from e-commerce to brick-and-mortar stores.