Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) will open its third area Amazon Fresh store Thursday, bringing the grocery option to Maryland for the first time.
The company sent flyers to the Chevy Chase and Friendship Heights neighborhoods in Maryland promoting the 7 a.m. grand opening of the Amazon Fresh at 5463 Wisconsin Ave. The first 100 customers in line will receive an Amazon gift card, according to the promotion.
The first Maryland Amazon Fresh replaces a former Giant grocery store in The Collection at Chevy Chase shopping center. In July, the company opened its Logan Circle store in the District; in May, the Franconia store in Northern Virginia.
Per Washington Business Journal reporting, at least one more Amazon Fresh store is planned for Maryland in Gaithersburg, as well as four more in Northern Virginia — in the city of Fairfax, Lorton, Baileys Crossroads and Potomac Yard. Another Amazon grocery store, which could be an Amazon Fresh or its smaller chain, Go Grocery, is slated for H Street NE.
