Signs of the Times: Down Goes Amazon

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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Signs of the Times: Down Goes Amazon Fresh

By Prince Of Petworth
Published January 29, 2026 at 3:25PM


photo by Solomon Tucker

Solomon writes:

“There you have it folks Amazon Fresh liquidation is 50 percent off the entire store. It’s going really quick. They probably won’t make it to Feb 1st”

Thanks to Kevin for sending “So long, Amazon Fresh. We hardly knew you! I guess the 14th Street store was already closed. Chevy Chase location has been limping along.”

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[IronLionZion]

1. I never once set foot in there. It never made any sense to me

I like Wegmans or Mom's Organic Market in this area. Sometimes Lidl or Lotte.

Sprouts is also opening new stores in our area this year

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Good morning. I've been in the Potomac Yard Amazon a half dozen times.

They had good prices on some things. Other things, nothing special. I learned to watch the scanner clisely. Recently, over half the items I scanned had prices higher than shown on the shelf. Amazon engaged in dynamic pricing. They raised prices if they noticed that sales were brisk.

The Lidl in Columbia Heights? Wow, the lines.

[mwmisses4289]

3. Weren't those the stores that claimed to be able to scan your debit/credit cards as soon as you walked in the doors?

They never opened up any in my state, as far as I know, and the few pics I saw they seemed little more than a high end convience store.