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Monday, March 13, 2017

Prime Now Continues its Commitment to Local Retailers: One Hour Delivery from Local Stores with Beauty, Pet and Grocery Products in San Francisco Bay Area Our Coverage Sponsored by Fresh Origins

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Prime Now expands delivery of thousands of fresh and healthy grocery products from Sprouts Farmers Market

Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that Prime Now customers in the San Francisco Bay Area can now shop tens of thousands of beauty supplies from Peninsula Beauty and pet products from Pet Food Express. Prime members in the East Bay from Hayward to Richmond, including Berkeleyand Oakland, can now also shop fresh and healthy grocery products from Sprouts Farmers Market.

"We are proud to team up with local stores in the San Francisco Bay area to offer customers an ultra-fast delivery option on tens of thousands of grocery, beauty and pet products," said Simoina Vasen, director of Amazon Prime Now. "Prime Now is your convenient, one-stop shop for everything from mascara to fresh berries to pet food all delivered right to your door with free two-hour delivery."

"We are excited to leverage the fast Prime Now delivery service to offer Peninsula Beauty customers a convenient option to shop all their favorite prestige beauty brands without ever having to leave their home," said Jerret Schaar, COO of Peninsula Beauty. "Peninsula Beauty is focused on providing more value to our customers and Prime Now enables us to make shopping at our beauty boutiques easier than ever."

"I opened my first pet supply store in San Francisco in 1980 and after all these years we continue to provide the highest quality food and supplies for our customers' four-legged family members," said Michael Levy, Founder and President of Bay Area based Pet Food Express. "We are so excited to share our fabulous selection of healthy foods, treats, toys and more with Prime members."

In the San Francisco Bay Area, Prime Now offers tens of thousands of items from Amazon, Sousa's Wine and Liquor, Tony's Market & Liquor, Sprouts Farmers Market and popular local restaurants. Prime members can complete their grocery shopping from Sprouts including seasonal and organic produce, fresh meat and seafood, natural vitamins and body care products and even ice cream. Similarly, Tony's Market & Liquor and Sousa's Wine and Liquor delivers a wide selection of wine, beer and spirits. Prime Now customers can also shop thousands of beauty products from face masks, dry shampoo and lipsticks from Peninsula Beauty and pet food, pet beds and toys from Pet Food Express.

Prime Now is available in neighborhoods spanning Oakland to San Francisco to San Jose. With Prime Now, one-hour delivery is $7.99 and two-hour delivery is free. Peninsula Beauty is available from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday; Sprouts is available from 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. seven days a week; and Pet Food Express is available seven days a week with varying hours by location. Learn more about Amazon Prime Now at www.amazon.com/primenow.

About Amazon

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit www.amazon.com/about. Learn more about Amazon Prime Now, Shop, or Download the App at www.primenow.com.

About Peninsula Beauty

A Family owned business since 1959, Peninsula Beauty today has 12 neighborhood locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. We feature a curated selection of top professional and prestige beauty brands in haircare, nailcare, skincare, cosmetics, styling tools and bath. Peninsula Beauty prides itself on training a top notch staff to make our customers feel welcome and look their "best"!

About Pet Food Express

We love pets! It is the glue that unites our company. As part of our commitment to animal welfare, Pet Food Express has helped find homes for over 100,000 homeless animals in the Bay Area through store adoptions and the Bay Area Pet Fair. Pet Food Express has also been named a Best Place to Work by the Bay Area News Group for 6 years running. Our stores are the only ones with a Food Product Safety Assurance Program, and we would never sell anything to our customers that we wouldn't give to our own pets.

About Sprouts Farmers Market

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. is a healthy grocery store offering fresh, natural and organic foods at great prices. Sprouts offers a complete shopping experience that includes fresh produce, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, packaged groceries, meat and seafood, deli, baked goods, dairy products, frozen foods, natural body care and household items catering to consumers' growing interest in health and wellness. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Sprouts employs more than 24,000 team members and operates more than 250 stores in 13 states from coast to coast. For more information, visit sprouts.com or @sproutsfm on Twitter.

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