Amazon is opening 260 stores with no checkouts in fight with big supermarkets – confirmed

Amazon is planning to open up 260 Amazon Fresh supermarkets in the UK over the next three years.

This comes as the American retailer plans to beat the top supermarkets like Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Co-op.

All the stores will feature its Just Walk Out technology and Amazon has already opened six Amazon Fresh grocery stores in the UK.

Earlier in March, the first grocery store opened in Ealing, West London.

The supermarkets are quick and easy for shoppers to buy products from.

All they need to do is scan a code on the Amazon app as they enter the shop, then they can add items to their bags.

The shops have hundreds of cameras and a network of sensors that detects the items in their bags.

When they walk out of the store, the charges will be automatically made to their account.

According to a Business Insider report, Amazon plans to open 60 stores next year, 100 stores in 2023 and 100 in 2024.

The document said: “In 2022, we assume a broader roll-out of two store launches per week by the end of [the] year, targeting 60 total openings. In 2023 and 2024, we are planning 100 store launches per year, in line with more aggressive opening programmes achieved by convenience stores in the UK in the last five years, Tesco’s, Sainsbury’s and Co-op have all exceeded 100 openings per year.”

While, there is no full list of coming locations, shoppers can expect that more stores are due to open in Greater London as there are currently six locations in the capital.

Amazon announced earlier in November that its seventh store will be in Holborn, London and it will be directly opposite Tesco’s first ever checkout-free store, GetGo.

Amazon is also planning to launch a checkout-free Amazon Fresh store in Chingford, London.

While there is no confirmation on the launch date, this new store will be its eighth UK store that features its Just Walk Out technology.

According to LondonSE1, Amazon is expected to open a new cashierless location in Bankside.

Amazon has remained secretive about its upcoming locations and often waits until the day stores open to announce it to the public.

An Amazon spokesperson said: “We don’t comment on rumours or speculation.”

30 of the upcoming UK stores are expected to open in London.

Opening hours of each store are from 7AM – 11PM.

Here is the current full list of its UK shop locations.

Chalk Farm

Camden

Ealing

Wembley Park

White City

Canary Wharf

Dalston

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