You’ve seen Amazon’s new facility along 15th Ave., and it just opened this week for all Amazon Prime members who order their groceries online. GeekWire’s Todd Bishop decided to give it a try:
In Todd’s case, he was able to pick up his groceries about three hours after ordering them. Amazon will (optionally) scan your license plate when you first visit the pickup facility. On subsequent visits, it will recognize your car, expediting the pickup process.
Ballard was one of the first neighborhoods in the country with Amazon Fresh, and now it’s the first — along with SoDo (near the Starbucks HQ) — to have a pickup facility. Read more on GeekWire here.
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