Amazon Fresh is an online service that brings food and other things you need for the house right to your door.
Amazon Fresh is a service for people who want to save time when shopping for food. It is only available to Amazon Prime users in certain places.
This piece talks about Amazon Fresh. It talks about its pros and cons, how it works, how much it costs, and how it stacks up against other food delivery services.
Pros
- Over 500,000 things, including home items, are available for you to choose from.
- You can get foods that are local, healthy, and in season.
- Amazon Prime members don’t have to pay extra to stay subscribed.
- You can choose between attended delivery, delivery right to your door, and pickup.
- In some places, you can get delivery the same day.
- The costs of most items are the same as or less than those at speciality shops like Whole Foods.
- People who get food stamps can pay for groceries with a legal EBT card; they don’t need to be a Prime member.
- The Amazon Fresh app lets you shop on your phone.
Cons
- There is a delivery fee for items under $35 or $50, based on where you live.
- Amazon Prime costs $139 a year or $14.99 a month, depending on the customer.
- Every order comes with a tip by default, but you can change it when you check out.
- There is no large size offered.
- Things here often cost more than at most big-name food shops.
- In some places, you can only get alcoholic drinks.
- Doesn’t let you pick your own replacements.
- A lot of packaging, some of which can’t be recycled.
You can get groceries delivered by Amazon Fresh if you have Amazon Prime or Amazon Prime Student in some cities.
For Prime users, the service gives free delivery on a wide range of things, such as groceries, household goods, personal care items, and more.
Amazon Fresh lets you order items from Amazon brands like Happy Belly, Fresh Brand, and 365 by Whole Foods Market. It also lets you order a wide range of items from both local and national brands.
Orders are taken care of at a nearby Amazon centre and sent right to your door after being placed on the website or app.
You can choose same-day delivery within a 1- or 2-hour window, or you can plan food deliveries up to 2 days ahead of time, depending on where you live.
Customers of Amazon Fresh can choose from more than 500,000 items, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, meat and fish, canned and prepackaged goods, and even things like toilet paper and cleaning materials for the home.
You can look through all of Amazon’s goods and add each one to your cart separately using the app or website. You can also sort and see things by type, like fruits and vegetables, cold foods, home goods, or personal care items.
It’s also easy to find goods you’ve bought before and buy them again.
