Amazon Pilots Drive-Up Grocery Store In Seattle

Seattle Skyline, Space Needle

Amazon is once again using its hometown as a lab to test out new store ideas. This time, Seattle residents will get to try the firm’s drive-up grocery store concept.

Building upon the idea of Amazon Go’s cashier-free store, these new stores are little more than a set of parking stalls next to some storage space. When they open, customers will be able to order items online, select a time to pick them up and then pull into an arranged space while employees load up their car, the New York Times reports.

Amazon is building two locations in Seattle. Experts said Amazon’s push deeper into brick-and-mortar is to capture sales in markets, like groceries, that are not likely to move entirely online.

Continue reading this story with a free account

Log in or register
Sign up for more articles like this
Subscribe to Bisnow's National Newsletters
Related Stories

The Bridge-To-Bridge Bet Is Holding Off CRE's 'Day Of Reckoning' — For Now

Augmentation, Not Replacement: How AI Platforms Are Streamlining Front Desk Teams

Lawmakers Punt On Stripping Approvals From 15 Projects In Data Center Alley

Success Of Top-Tier Malls Masks Enduring Distress In Sector's Underbelly

HUD Launches Investigation Into Wells Fargo's Efforts To Support Black Homeownership

Delaware Statutory Trust Fundraising Jumps 27% From 2025

Bank OZK Shares Drop After Citi Flags $915M Mortgage Concern

Soaring Yields Strand REITs In M&A No-Man's-Land

How UK Investment Giant L&G Plans To Grow Its U.S. Multifamily Holdings

Properties Owned By REIT Accused Of Fraud To Be Auctioned Off

LS Power Raises $6B To Capitalize On Data Center Power Demand

DHS Buys 3 More Detention Facilities From The Geo Group For $950M