![]() ![]() On Sunday Amazon told Reuters it would put new grocery delivery customers on a wait list and curtail shopping hours at some Whole Foods stores to focus on orders from existing online customers. After expanding and speeding up Whole Foods delivery, the company is retrenching. “Now I’m sitting on 6 pounds of frozen corn,” Sullivan said.īut now Amazon is buckling under unprecedented COVID-19 supply-and-demand disruptions that sent the entire grocery industry scrambling to adapt. Her last successful order was March 12, and even then, 10 of the 27 items were sold out and had to be replaced. Sullivan was a regular Amazon food delivery user before COVID-19 spread widely in the United States. ![]() It seems like more than anything Amazon is a supply-chain company,” said Ellen Sullivan, 37, a Chicago-based office manager. “I’m really surprised that they weren’t able to scale for this. And when their orders do arrive, many desired products are unavailable, they say. Amazon Prime subscribers, who pay $119 a year for free delivery, are having difficulty finding Whole Foods delivery windows, according to interviews with a dozen customers and numerous posts on social media. Instead, Whole Foods has been overwhelmed. shoppers are under stay-at-home orders and Inc AMZN.O offers grocery delivery through its 487 U.S. The coronavirus pandemic should be Amazon's moment to shine. ![]() Shoppers are seen at a Whole Foods store as the coronavirus outbreak continues in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 2, 2020. ![]()
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