亚马逊将对旗下Whole Foods Market的配送业务收费

. 亚马逊(AMZN.US)将对旗下Whole Foods Market的配送业务收费
智通财经APP获悉,亚马逊 (NASDAQ:AMZN)(AMZN.US)将对在美国几个城市旗下Whole Foods Market的Prime会员收取附加的送货费。这表明,即便对这家全球最大的在线零售商来说,杂货配送所带来的经济效益仍不足以弥补支出。
从8月30日开始,波士顿和芝加哥地区、曼彻斯特、新罕布什尔、缅因州的波特兰、罗德岛州的普罗维登斯等地的购物者将会被收取9.95美元的外送服务费。
2017年,亚马逊以137亿美元收购了这家有机食品商,并迅速在Whole Foods的商店推出送货服务,对订单超过35美元的Prime会员免费提供这项服务。
在推出这项服务的同时,亚马逊还取消了原有的亚马逊生鲜(Amazon Fresh)食品杂货业务每月14.99美元的送货费,这实际上使免费送货成为付费Prime会员的标准福利。
该公司在上周发给购物者的通知中表示:“这项服务费有助于覆盖运营成本,因此可以帮助我们继续在Whole Foods Market的实体店和网上零售提供具有竞争力的每日商品价格。”
Whole Foods的一位发言人将一些市场的新附加送货费描述为一个试点项目,称该公司更愿意用这笔费用来帮助支付设备、技术和送货成本,而不是提高食品价格。
该发言人表示,Whole Foods在2020年的外送货单量是2019年的三倍多,这是由于购物者在疫情期间避免去商店,而且自今年年初以来,平均购买量也有所增加。
在疫情封锁期间,这家连锁店处境艰难,因为客流量的下降导致预制食品的销量急剧下降,而预制食品是Whole Foods在城市地区的主要门店销售产品。
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