Insight Report 8 minutes PremiumAmazon’s Ambitious Plan to Disrupt Convenience Stores—and Maybe Quick Service Restaurants, Too Coresight Research December 4, 2018 Executive Summary AmazonGo stores are small, cashierless, checkout-free convenience stores that primarily offer on-the-go food options in metropolitan areas. Amazon may be able to take advantage of growing consumer preferences for fast on-the-go healthy food options, but will also have to contend with increasing rents and high startup costs for new stores. The launch of AmazonGo stores coincided with the acquisition of Whole Foods, the withdrawal of its AmazonFresh pure-play operation from some US regions and the merging of its Prime Now and AmazonFresh operations. These moves appear to support our long-standing view that it is much more difficult to make pure-play Internet retailing work in the grocery category than in nonfood categories This report is for paying subscribers only. Already a paying subscriber? Please log in to see the entire report.If you wish to learn more about our subscription plans and become a paying subscriber, click here. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Mass Merchandisers Gain from Cyber Monday: US Consumer Survey Insights 2023, Week 50Market Outlook: US Food Away from Home—A Challenging Economic Backdrop To Weigh on Growth in 2023US Black Friday 2023: Early Read—Store Traffic Exceeds Expectations Despite Lack of DoorbustersUsing the Coresight Research 3x3x3 Framework To Navigate a “Chutes and Ladders” Economy: Insights Presented at Golden Seeds 2023 Annual Summit