LOGIN SUBSCRIBE | FastCo Works advertisement Amazon moves to close UK grocery stores BYÂ Michael Grothaus Listen to this ArticleMore info 0:00 / 0:00 Today, Amazon abruptly announced that it launched "a consultation with employees†for the proposed closure of all Amazon Fresh locations in the United Kingdom. (UK laws require consultation periods in cases of large layoffs.) The company currently has 19 UK Amazon Fresh stores. In a blog post, Amazon states that the proposed closures are the result of an evalua ...