--- description: E-commerce giant is reportedly testing a drive-through concept. title: Amazon Is Planning Drive-thru Grocery Stores image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34378d20826e6827/69885c9035ba6fa522c0e5be/gettyimages-4862818692.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Amazon](/tag/amazon/) ## Amazon Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amazon’s Next Innovation Could Be ‘Drive-thru’ Grocery Stores by [John Kell / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## John Kell / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 27, 2015 1:45 PM CUT  Amazon.com's website. Amazon.com's website.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [John Kell / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## John Kell / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 27, 2015 1:45 PM CUT Amazon wants to change how shoppers tackle a top weekend errand: going to the grocery store. The e-commerce company is [reportedly](http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/07/23/exclusive-amazon-planning-drive-up-grocery-stores.html "undefined") developing a drive-up store concept in California, according to the _Silicon Valley Business Journal_. It would allow shoppers to order grocery items online and then schedule a pickup at a dedicated facility. The project would not only showcase a new distribution strategy for Amazon, it would also put the retailer in another major consumer spending category: grocery. There’s no way to know for sure that this latest rumor will come to fruition. Recall that in October last year it was [reported](http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-open-first-store-1412879124 "undefined") Amazon planned to open a store in New York City in time for the busy holiday shopping season. That rumored store [never opened](http://qz.com/304936/no-amazon-is-not-opening-a-physical-store-in-new-york-for-the-holiday-shopping-season/ "undefined"). In the grocery aisle, there’s a lot of room for e-commerce disruption, although the tech industry has so far had little success in getting shoppers online for their grocery orders. While [more than half](http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/press-room/2015/more-than-half-of-global-consumers-are-willing-to-buy-groceries-online.html "undefined") of global consumers polled by Nielsen said they were willing to buy groceries online, online grocery sales in the U.S. only capture [about 1%](http://supermarketnews.com/retail-financial/us-laggard-fast-growing-online-grocery-report "undefined") of total spending. 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