Amazon Fresh, the tech giant's branded grocery store chain, will soon close all locations nationwide as the company looks to expand its Whole Foods Markets and invest in speedier grocery delivery serv...

Amazon is calling it quits on its Fresh grocery and Amazon Go convenience store concepts as it realigns its grocery strategy around online delivery and Whole Foods, the company announced.

The move came a day ahead of Amazon’s announcement on Wednesday of 16,000 corporate layoffs, including some related to the Go and Fresh closures.