Amazon is putting new grocery-delivery customers on a waitlist — and is planning to expand hiring by 75,000 full- and part-time jobs — to try to keep up with a spike in demand amid the pandemic.
Amazon, which owns Whole Foods, says it will devote some of the grocery chain's hours to online deliveries only.Amazon, which owns Whole Foods, says it will devote some of the grocery chain's hours to online deliveries only.Amazon is putting new grocery-delivery customers on a waitlist — among several new measures the retailer is trying to keep up with a crush of demand for food deliveries during the coronavirus pandemic.plans to expand its hiring by 75,000 full- and part-time jobs.
"We are temporarily asking new Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market delivery and pickup customers to sign up for an invitation to use online grocery delivery and pickup," the company saidThe last few weeks have been a trying time for Amazon as it's been pushing to hire
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