Amazon Glitch Stymies Whole Foods, Fresh Grocery Deliveries
- Panicked shoppers are straining online retailer’s capacity
- Glitch led to confusion nationwide in Amazon’s delivery system
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Amazon.com Inc. suffered a technical glitch on Sunday affecting online grocery orders through its Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh delivery services, which have become lifelines for household essentials for people looking to avoid stores due to the coronavirus outbreak.
“As COVID-19 has spread, we’ve seen a significant increase in people shopping online for groceries,” an Amazon spokeswoman said in a statement. “Today this resulted in a systems impact affecting our ability to deliver Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market orders tonight. We’re contacting customers, issuing concessions, and are working around the clock to quickly to resolve the issue.”
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Amazon Glitch Stymies Whole Foods, Fresh Grocery Deliveries