Amazon to start charging delivery fees on Fresh grocery orders under $150

Amazon volition commencement charging transportation fees for Fresh market orders that are little than $150, successful a determination it said volition assistance support prices debased connected its services.

Beginning Feb. 28, Prime members who privation location transportation from Amazon Fresh volition incur a $9.95 transportation interest for orders nether $50, portion orders betwixt $50 and $100 volition see a $6.95 transportation fee, and orders betwixt $100 and $150 volition transportation a $3.95 transportation fee, the institution said successful a enactment to customers viewed by CNBC. Only Prime members tin usage the transportation service, though anybody tin store astatine an Amazon Fresh market store.

Amazon previously guaranteed members of its $139-a-year Prime work escaped transportation connected Fresh orders implicit $35.

"This work interest volition assistance support prices debased successful our online and carnal market stores arsenic we amended screen market transportation costs and proceed to alteration offering a consistent, fast, and high-quality transportation experience," the announcement stated.

The determination comes arsenic Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has embarked connected a wide-ranging review of the company's expenses amid slowing income and a worsening economical outlook. Amazon has eyed laying disconnected 18,000 employees, frozen hiring successful its firm workforce, and paused oregon canceled immoderate projects specified arsenic a sidewalk robot and a telehealth service.

Amazon has antecedently recalibrated its attack to online market deliveries, a concern that is notoriously challenging from a outgo and ratio perspective. In 2021, Amazon added a $10 work interest for Whole Foods transportation orders to Prime members, aft antecedently offering them for nary other charge.

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