Amazon 's first Go Grocery store will open its doors in Seattle on Tuesday, welcoming shoppers to walk in, grab what they need and walk out without ever having to interact with a cashier. The e ...

But the one area somewhat unaffected by this is Amazon Go, the cashier-less convenience store that barely requires any jobs. Amazon announced plans to open a second Go store in Seattle.

Amazon launched the Go concept, which offers shoppers a cashier-less experience, in 2018. At its peak in 2023, it had approximately 30 stores across the United States. Today, only 16 remain.

After more than a year of testing, Amazon finally let everyday consumers into its Amazon Go checkout-free convenience store in Seattle on Jan. 22. The 1,800-square-foot store was first unveiled in ...

But, all that may change, thanks to technology used in the just-opened Amazon Go, Amazon’s first checkout-less grocery store (AKA, the meal-prep news of my kitchen’s dreams).

Amazon Go shoppers use the Amazon Go app when they enter the store — scanning a QR code as they walk in. Everything a shopper picks up is automatically added to their virtual cart.

Amazon Go has shuttered over half of its locations across the U.S. over the past few years as a cost-cutting measure, dropping from as many as 30 stores in early 2023 to about 15 today.

Amazon will shutter its Amazon Go convenience store in Woodland Hills, California, on Feb. 26, a company spokesperson confirmed to sister publication C-Store Dive.

1st California “Amazon Go” store opens up in San Francisco. Need the App to get in but don’t bother stopping to pay on the way out.

Amazon has opened a new Amazon Go store in the Tacoma suburb of Puyallup, Wash., according to reporting in Supermarket News and other outlets. The opening, which took place Sept. 26, 2023, comes ...

The Amazon Fresh location in Federal Way, Wash., before it opened in 2022. (GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) Amazon closed a Fresh grocery store in ...

The Amazon Go store in Whittier, California. September 12, 2022. (Getty) The Woodland Hills location had been open for three years. All 10 employees will be let go, Amazon stated in a California ...