Amazon cutting 3,339 jobs at Southern California convenience stores

Amazon, which announced plans last week to shutter its grab-and-go-groceries and gadget stores, says it is laying off 3,339 jobs in Southern California beginning in April as part of the shakeup of its Fresh and Go-branded grocery stores.

On Jan. 27, the e-commerce giant said it would close its 5-year-old Fresh-branded grocery stores and its automated Amazon Go markets.

The layoffs are expected to begin April 28 after the “public-facing operations” at the Fresh stores cease March 13, according to a letter filed Jan.