What You Need to Know
Amazon plans to build a nearly 225,000 square foot store in Orland Park, Illinois, near Chicago. The store will sell groceries alongside general merchandise and will be Amazon’s first retail location on par with a Walmart supercenter. The site at 9600 1569th Street sits next to a Costco and the plans include parking for pickup orders and space for smaller businesses. The village board still must approve the site plans that the planning commission recently cleared, so construction is not yet guaranteed. You should note Amazon describes this as a new concept that will offer a broad selection and low prices across fresh groceries, household essentials and general merchandise.
Amazon will apply lessons from recent in‑store pilots like Whole Foods QR code ordering, the small Daily Shop format and its Amazon Go locations as it expands physical retail. The company has struggled with some past store formats and has grown Amazon Fresh unevenly, yet its grocery business generated more than $100 billion in gross sales in 2024. Walmart remains far larger in groceries, reporting $276 billion in food and beverage net sales in fiscal 2025. You can expect Amazon to push the combination of groceries and general merchandise plus same day delivery and pickup as it competes with Walmart.
