A new Bloomberg report explains Amazon is considering an aggressive food store strategy. The convenience giant may have around 3,000 of them by the year 2021.
"People familiar with the matter" explained such a rapid expansion would threaten the very existences of chains like 7-Eleven, Subway, and more. It's unclear what exactly these mythical stores would look like, but Amazon's Jeff Bezos is reportedly working on the best presentation strategy for them.
According the the report, he believes a meal-to-go-focused store is the best way to enter the market, as it would help relieve some of the shopping congestion around meal times in major cities.
Per The Hour, Amazon has four similar stores to date (three are in Seattle, the fourth is in Chicago). Those "Amazon Go" stores are focused on meals you can pick up and eat and on pre-packaged meal kits that allow customers to easily make their food at home. They also have turnstiles that require an Amazon log-in to pass through and feature a cashier-less system, similar to the one Bezos is reportedly toying with rolling out en masse.
Though an Amazon spokesperson declined to comment for Bloomberg, Bezos confirmed at an event last week that he was "very interested" in opening brick-and-mortar stores, but only if they're bringing something new to the table.
