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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Simon Hunt

Amazon closes one London Fresh store, opens another as expansion plans slow

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The Amazon Fresh grocery store in Ealing, west London (Victoria Jones/PA)

(Picture: PA Archive)

Amazon has closed one of its London Fresh stores and opened another elsewhere in a sign the tech giant is cooling its grocery retail expansion plans for the capital.

The Amazon Fresh Dalston site was closed earlier this month, less than 18 months after the store was first opened, with staff being offered jobs at nearby locations.

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