Article: AMAZON.COM TO ADD A GOURMET FOOD STORE.(Business)

Byline: CHRISTINE FREYP-I REPORTER

SMOKED SALMON. CHOCOLATE truffles. Dried fruits.

Those are a few items that shoppers can expect to find soon at Amazon.com.

The Seattle Internet retailer plans to start an online gourmet food and beverage store later this summer, according to several companies who have agreed to sell their products on the site.

Amazon.com's chief executive said at the company's annual shareholder meeting last week that Amazon would launch new stores this year, but the company has declined to specify what the stores might sell. Several food and beverage businesses, however, have said they signed agreements with ...

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