Brooklyn, NY—Whole Foods Market has opened its first delivery-only store in Brooklyn NY,according to Reuters.

A press release from Amazon says that the planning for this store format began more than a year ago.

The interior of Amazon's new delivery-only Whole Foods Market. Image courtesy of Amazon.


Amazon has hired hundreds of employees to work at the store, which will only deliver to local customers.

Reuters notes that grocery delivery is one of the fastest-growing businesses at Amazon. Amazon says that grocery sales tripled year-over-year in the second quarter of this year.
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