Amazon Dissolves Grocery<br />Delivery Service, Amazon Pantry.<br />According to a report from Bloomberg, Amazon has<br />announced an end to their Amazon Pantry program.<br />The move is presumably being made so<br />Amazon can focus on its newer grocery<br />services, Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods.<br />Household items will still be available for delivery<br />via those services. They also offer fresh groceries,<br />which Amazon Pantry did not.<br />Amazon Pantry products will<br />also be available on Amazon’s<br />main retail site in a section<br />called “Pantry Staples.”.<br />The products in “Pantry Staples” will qualify<br />for Prime’s free one-day shipping. .<br />Amazon Pantry, formally known as<br />Prime Pantry, was created in 2014.<br />Consumers could pay a flat shipping fee<br />of $5.99 for a box containing up to 45 pounds of<br />nonperishable household and pantry items. .<br />In 2018, Prime Pantry became a voluntary<br />subscription service that cost $5 a month for<br />free shipping and unlimited deliveries. .<br />It was then temporarily halted in March 2020<br />when the COVID-19 pandemic caused an<br />unmeetable surge in demand for its service.
