If you use Amazon Fresh for the grocery store, prepare to pay more, from February 28
They have more than quadrupled the free delivery threshold.
Order online grocery products has serious advantages. Avoid it crowded Is it a more obvious, and who doesn't like everything you need fell on your door? There are several services that you can use, but one of the biggest names in grocery delivery is Amazon Fresh. Softening the agreement, if you are an Amazon Prime member, you can avoid these annoying delivery costs (and often expensive). But now Amazon has announced that you will have to order a little more to qualify for reception costs, which could mean that you will pay more in the near future. Read more to find out how Amazon Fresh changes its delivery costs from February 28.
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You will have to spend more than four times more to obtain free delivery.
Anyone can shop in Amazon Fresh stores, with or without main membership. However, if you have main membership, you are probably used to free delivery and the same day of the service. The Previous threshold was only $ 35 nationally (and $ 50 in New York), which facilitates it, per Winsight grocery business . Now, however, this number was boosted.
As of February 28, only orders of more than $ 150 will be eligible for free delivery, said a spokesperson for Amazon Better life .
Prime members were informed of the change by e-mail last week, the company explaining that it will apply to the orders of Amazon Fresh Brick and Mortar commands of its online grocery store.
The new service costs are also imminent.
While orders of more than $ 150 will always be delivered for free, orders that do not comply with this number will cause service fees. According to Amazon's spokesperson, from February 28, orders between $ 100 and $ 150 will have service fees of $ 3.95; Orders between $ 50 and $ 100 will have a fee of $ 6.95; And those who less than $ 50 will have a fee of $ 9.95.
These costs apply to grocery orders in the two -hour delivery window. Customers with a "flexibility of delivery time of up to six hours" will obtain a reduced rate, although it is not clear what this discount will look like.
According to the Amazon website, which also describes new service costs, the premium members can still picking up their grocery store free of charge in Amazon Fresh stores. There are more than 40 of these locations in six states and Washington, D.C., according to the website.
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Budgets are already stretched.
Unfortunately, your grocery bill is probably already higher, so it may not take too much effort to reach this $ 150 threshold - depending on the number of people in your household. For its part, Amazon said that the new price structure is actually an attempt to maintain food prices.
"We introduce service fees on certain Amazon fresh delivery orders to help keep low prices in our online and physical grocery stores, because we better cover the delivery costs of the grocery store and continue to offer an experience of Consistent, fast and high quality delivery, "Amazon's spokesperson said. "We will continue to offer delivery windows of two practical hours for all orders, and customers of certain areas will be able to select a longer delivery window for a reduction in costs."
Some buyers say they will get grocery delivery elsewhere.
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While the E -mail to the Prime members has presented other advantages of membership, many Amazon faithful express their frustration in the face of changes on social networks - and plans to take their business elsewhere.
"I bought> 90% of my grocery products via @amazonfresh since 2020," said a Tweet on January 27. "I'm just going to go to one of the many competitors who will now be a better deal." Other users have said they Try Walmart + and joked that they will buy at their local bodega instead.
"I pay as a bonus [every] year for the advantages and now you will increase prices On us! "Another Twitter user wrote." I never buy more than 150 in one order, generally less than 50 or up to 100 times a week #amazonfresh. ""
Others simply declared their disbelief. "Welp. So much to have affordable grocery store Delivered, "a member tweeted." The raising of the free delivery threshold from $ 35 to $ 150 is crazy. Goodbye, Amazon Fresh. ""
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