Amazon Fresh has opened its new store in Bloomingdale, Illinois, making it the fourth location in the state. The approximately 40,000-square-foot store is located at 404 Army Trail Road.
“I’m delighted to welcome Amazon Fresh to the Bloomingdale community,” said Mayor Franco Coladipietro. “The new store has created hundreds of job opportunities and it gives residents a new, low-priced option for fresh groceries.”
Amazon Fresh offers a seamless grocery shopping experience, whether customers are shopping in-store or online. The store offers consistently low prices for all, and free, same-day delivery and pick-up for Prime members. It also has introduced new ways to make grocery shopping more convenient, including the Amazon Dash Cart, which enables customers to skip the checkout line, and new Alexa features to help customers manage their shopping lists and better navigate store aisles.
The store will donate surplus food to the Northern Illinois Food Bank.
“Northern Illinois Food Bank is extremely grateful for our partnership with Amazon – especially during this time of crisis and tremendous need,” said Julie Yurko, president and CEO of Northern Illinois Food Bank. “Since the Amazon Fresh store in Naperville opened in December, the store managers have been donating large quantities of food, including fresh fruits and vegetables, that have contributed to more than 2 million meals for our neighbors in that area. We’re already partnering with the managers of the Bloomingdale store, and we anticipate the results will have similar ripple effects throughout the western suburbs, helping us to achieve our vision for everyone in Northern Illinois to have the food they need to thrive.”
Store hours are 7 a.m.-10 p.m. daily, with the hour of 7-8 a.m. designated for customers who are 60 years and older, those with disabilities and those whom the CDC defines as high risk.
Amazon Fresh has a wide assortment of national, regional and local brands and high-quality produce, meat and seafood. The store also offers a range of prepared foods made fresh in the store every day – from fresh-baked bread and made-to-order pizzas, to rotisserie chickens and hot sandwiches like the brisket panini. It also offers 365 by Whole Foods Market organics and new Amazon exclusive brands like Fresh and Cursive.
Customers will find low-priced items available to shop every day – including $0.15 cent bananas; $0.89 cent freshly baked bread; $1.79 freshly baked pizza slices; and $4.97 rotisserie chickens. As the store opens its doors, it is offering deals on a variety of items like $2.69 for a 12-pack of Coca-Cola, buy one get one free Lay’s chips (7.5-8 oz.), $2.99 strawberries (16-oz. container), $2.19/lb. pork shoulder roast and $1.79/lb. organic Envy apples. All deals can be found here.
Amazon Fresh has applied the same comprehensive safety measures in place at Whole Foods Market, such as requiring face coverings and daily temperature checks for all employees and vendors entering the store; requiring face coverings for all customers entering the store; offering free, disposable face masks for those who want one; and operating the store at 50 percent capacity.
