Amazon Fresh
Opening: TBA
Owner: Amazon
Previous Tenants: none
Cooperative: none
Location: 533 Spring Garden St, Philadelphia, PA
Photographed: February 19, 2025
Now for a quick look at an in-progress Amazon Fresh store on Spring Garden Street in northern Philadelphia. The new-build supermarket is on the site of a small strip mall that was demolished and is around 45,000 square feet. Per the Google Maps listing, this store opens March 27. In an unusual setup for Amazon Fresh, it's an urban location that doesn't appear to have a parking lot (although it might have a garage). The side facade looks like Amazon Fresh, but it has the even more recognizable facade on the front. There's a handful of other supermarkets in the area, including an independent Asian store called New Spring Garden Market a block east, a new GIANT 2/3 of a mile west, and about a mile northeast is a small GIANT Heirloom Market and an ACME in a former SuperFresh. The other Amazon Fresh stores I've been to have extremely low traffic and poor execution, although it's significantly improved since the start. We'll see how this one does! Here's a look at the other posts this weekend.
I wonder if they're figuring people will park at Target across the street.
ReplyDeleteI know I keep repeating this but the Little Falls Amazon Fresh is literally doing ZERO business. I drive past the store a couple time a week. There are no cars ever parked near the entrance. Turn your head to the left and the ShopRite is packed to the gills. I don't want to see people lose their jobs but yet I wish this whole chain would just collapse already. Bezos ruined Whole Foods and I'm looking foward to the day when he needs to say "yeah I suck at grocery".
ReplyDeleteLooks like there would be parking on the street (that is, at least on maps, blocked due to the construction.
ReplyDeleteAlso, a couple apartment type areas nearby, so many might just walk over (and others may use public transport in that city type area)?