Amazon Fresh Grocery Cuts Back Because Of Postal Delivery Issues

Posted on November 16, 2017 by mailomg in Memo 188, Uncategorized // 0 Comments

From Recode: When Amazon recently announced plans to abruptly shut down the Amazon Fresh grocery delivery service in parts of nine states, it did not provide much of an explanation for the decision.

But multiple sources tell Recode that Amazon has privately laid blame on the U.S. Postal Service, which was responsible for delivering Amazon Fresh orders to customers in most, if not all, of the affected delivery areas … (click to read more)

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