The Amazon Fresh grocery store at 15790 Shady Grove Road at the 270 Center will permanently close this Sunday, February 1, 2026. Amazon is closing all of its Amazon Fresh and Go grocery stores across the country, as a very expensive experiment with Amazon-branded physical grocery stores by the retail giant concludes. In Montgomery County, that means the losses of Amazon Fresh stores at Chevy Chase Lake, Friendship Heights, Shady Grove Road on the border of Rockville and Gaithersburg, and White Oak. It's an especially raw deal for all involved at the Chevy Chase locations, as residents of Chevy Chase Lake had expected to have an on-site grocery store, Friendship Heights residents will now have only the hipster house brands of Trader Joe's and Whole Foods Market as full-size supermarkets within walking distance, and the Chevy Chase Land Company was counting on both to anchor their respective developments of Chevy Chase Lake and the Collection at Chevy Chase.
The Friendship Heights store was often void of customers and lacking in goods. It is not much of a loss to residents. In addition to Trader Joes and Whole Foods, the Rodmans is still near by and great. And the Safeway on Connecticut Ave is a mere 15 minute walk away.
ReplyDeleteChevy Chase Land Company however continues to make poor choices of tenants it seems.
Amazon surely was paying a premium rent and likely has to provide a huge termination fee to get out of lease so the landlord is doing just fine.
DeleteWho wants to go grocery shopping and walk 15 minutes each way, particularly the return, with groceries???
DeleteThat Rodman's in Friendship is such a fun store. Where else can you get clotted cream? And the wine guy was kind when clueless me needed help.
ReplyDeleteDare ya to go to the Rodman's at 4301 Randolph Road. Try it during a hour summer afternoon at rush hour.
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