Ecommerce giant Amazon has announced to discontinue itsPantry (originally known as Prime Pantry) service, as it strengthens itsgrocery delivery both online and offline.
Amazon Pantry orders charged customers a flat $5.99 shippingfee per box of groceries.
The box could be filled with up to 45 pounds of products orup to four cubic feet of everyday stuff, like laundry detergent, toilet paperor snacks.
The company has now merged Pantry service with its mainwebsite, reports The Verge.
Amazon Pantry was launched in 2014. The aim was to make iteasier to stock up on everyday products that would otherwise be bulky orexpensive to ship.
In 2018, Prime Pantry changed its subscription service whereextra $4.99 a month on Prime membership gave users unlimited free shipping onany orders over $40 from the Prime Pantry service.
Before that, Prime Pantry required a per-order flat fee of$5.99 even for Prime members.
Amazon now owns Whole Foods, an entire chain of grocerystores, and has started to roll out its own Amazon Fresh-branded stores.
The Amazon Fresh store will continue to offer onlineshopping services in addition to in-person shopping.
Amazon said it will offer free same-day delivery for Primemembers, and there are also in-store pickup options for online orders.