The Amazon Fresh grocery store in Ealing, west London, was the first store in the UK (Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire)All Amazon Fresh stores in the UK are to close, the e-commerce giant announced today. Amazon Fresh, which first launched in London in 2021, sees shoppers never have to reach for their bank cards or ring up at a till. But all 19 Amazon Fresh stores will soon close, putting 250 jobs at risk. Customers walk through biometric scanning devices and are closely watched by hundreds of cameras that build a virtual shopping basket. Full list of Amazon Fresh stores closing Aldgate, LondonAngel, LondonChingford, LondonEast Croydon, LondonEuston, LondonHolborn, LondonHounslow,LondonHoxton, LondonKensington, LondonLiverpool Street, LondonMoorgate, LondonMonument, LondonNotting Hill Gate, LondonSouthwark, LondonSevenoaks, LondonWembley, LondonWest Hampstead, LondonWhite City, LondonWood Wharf, LondonBut Amazon Fresh is in no way alone – many retailers, from Poundland to River Island, have been forced to close stores in recent months.