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January 27, 2026 07:27PM
According to a press release today, all Amazon Fresh stores will be either closing or converting to Whole Foods. As someone who has done many of these assignments and has one scheduled, I will be sorry to see them go. They are mostly multiple-choice questions with some pictures required.

Doing assignments since the days when reports were handwritten and faxed to the MSC.
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January 27, 2026 08:31PM
I do shops 1-3 times every month for AF, and I am so upset about the news today. I already had a curbside pick up canceled today from a different MSC due to the same reason.
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January 27, 2026 08:43PM
Oh, I guess that's why my February shop was canceled by the MSC today. Bummer.

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January 27, 2026 09:24PM
I just started doing these this month. Mine are called, "Amazon Prime Grocery." I wonder if this is the same or the new itteration. I have been with the company for a very long time and the opportunity just presented itself this year.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/27/2026 09:24PM by gigishopper.
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January 28, 2026 03:22AM
Are you taking pics and temps of the items delivered to you?
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January 28, 2026 03:26AM
I do 2 a month and will miss it. I love that store.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/28/2026 03:28AM by pegleg2000.
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January 28, 2026 04:52AM
Yes. Mine appears to come from a warehouse and not an actual retail store. It has not been canceled for this week.


Are you taking pics and temps of the items delivered to you?[/quote]
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January 28, 2026 01:11PM
No, mine involved no pics/temps. They were just going to the physical Amazon Fresh store. They had a $50 reimbursement and you had to buy two produce items and one sliced deli meat/cheese. For stores that sold alcohol, you also had to purchase an alcoholic item. Other than the required purchases, you could buy what you want. These shops were scheduled by the company that scheduled the many men assignments.

Doing assignments since the days when reports were handwritten and faxed to the MSC.
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January 28, 2026 02:28PM
Mine is scheduled through a different company. It sounds like a similar, yet different project.

@Sagacious wrote:

No, mine involved no pics/temps. They were just going to the physical Amazon Fresh store. They had a $50 reimbursement and you had to buy two produce items and one sliced deli meat/cheese. For stores that sold alcohol, you also had to purchase an alcoholic item. Other than the required purchases, you could buy what you want. These shops were scheduled by the company that scheduled the many men assignments.
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January 28, 2026 05:22PM
Sorry to hear this, my go to store is closing as is another one nearby. I did a few shops early on and one alcohol delivery but haven't continued my Prime memberhsip.
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January 28, 2026 06:12PM
I would think if your local store converts to a Whole Foods and you do them for the msc that takes temps of food and those shops are ongoing (?) you would be offered to do the shop with temps of food after the conversion takes place. It would be smart of them to offer the newly named stores to the same shoppers.
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January 28, 2026 06:23PM
I wanted to schedule a pickup today and no times were available! I wonder if the staff is getting their pink slips. I went to the store near me and they posted store closing mid March..

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/28/2026 11:00PM by melg.
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January 28, 2026 07:47PM
@sandyf wrote:

I would think if your local store converts to a Whole Foods and you do them for the msc that takes temps of food and those shops are ongoing (?) you would be offered to do the shop with temps of food after the conversion takes place. It would be smart of them to offer the newly named stores to the same shoppers.

They're two different schedulers. The ones about which you speak are from the smart shop company (whose schedulers are rude, if you ask me - but that's a different post) and I have no interest in taking the temperature of the items I purchased or photographing how they were packaged.

The shops about which I posted were scheduled by the company that does the many men burgers. The assignments were a breeze and the $50 reimbursement had a very small amount of required purchases - the rest of the reimbursement was mine to spend as I saw fit.

Doing assignments since the days when reports were handwritten and faxed to the MSC.
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January 28, 2026 09:35PM
I've been trying to figure this out for weeks. I signed up, but, while I am offered Prime Same Day in my area, there are no fresh available through them. I can get fresh items through whole foods in my area, but I haven't been given the go-ahead to do that. I keep sending screenshots showing that there are no fresh items under Prime Same Day, in my zip code OR the others that are listed, but....
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January 29, 2026 01:37AM
I've found the scheduler to be super helpful and friendly. I'm sorry that you had a bad experience.
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January 29, 2026 05:42AM
Are you talking about the shop for Whole Foods? I never saw any of these types of shops on the many men shop website even tho we do have Amazon stores or did until today as I just heard the local one is now closed.
I am not sure what you are having trouble with but to get delivery from Whole Foods you first start your order on the Whole Foods website selecting the store you want to order from and then you can click where it says delivery or pick up on the top left of the page and you will be taken to the Amazon page from there. I have done it so often that if i just sign into Amazon now my screen goes directly to the Whole Foods order page on Amazon.
@mysterioso412 wrote:

I've been trying to figure this out for weeks. I signed up, but, I am offered Prime Same Day in my area, there are no fresh available through them. I can get fresh items through whole foods in my area, but I haven't been given the go-ahead to do that. I keep sending screenshots showing that there are no fresh items under Prime Same Day, in my zip code OR the others that are listed, but....
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January 29, 2026 03:57PM
Today is what I presume to be my last delivery from AF, as my assigned store is set to close in 3 days. I take temps and pics for quality assurance of the same 8-9 reimbursable items.
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January 29, 2026 07:38PM
I was told to do Amazon Same Day Prime. But there are no fresh items available in for my area using Amazon Same Day Prime, only shelf-stable items. But I haven't been cleared to do Whole Foods.
@sandyf wrote:

Are you talking about the shop for Whole Foods? I never saw any of these types of shops on the many men shop website even tho we do have Amazon stores or did until today as I just heard the local one is now closed.
I am not sure what you are having trouble with but to get delivery from Whole Foods you first start your order on the Whole Foods website selecting the store you want to order from and then you can click where it says delivery or pick up on the top left of the page and you will be taken to the Amazon page from there. I have done it so often that if i just sign into Amazon now my screen goes directly to the Whole Foods order page on Amazon.
@mysterioso412 wrote:

I've been trying to figure this out for weeks. I signed up, but, I am offered Prime Same Day in my area, there are no fresh available through them. I can get fresh items through whole foods in my area, but I haven't been given the go-ahead to do that. I keep sending screenshots showing that there are no fresh items under Prime Same Day, in my zip code OR the others that are listed, but....
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