It has been about six months since Amazon bought Whole Foods, but the company has seemingly taken a step backward in its grocery plans. According to a Recode report, Amazon will shut down Fresh, its grocery delivery service for Prime members, in up to five metro areas around the country.

Customers in some areas of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and California received e-mails to notify them of the change, and an Amazon representative confirmed that Fresh will cease to service some parts of these states. However, Amazon Fresh will continue to serve areas of major cities including Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

The representative also told Recode that the shutdown was unrelated to the recent Whole Foods acquisition. Currently, it's unclear if Amazon Fresh will return to neighborhoods in these states at all or if Amazon has other plans for its grocery business in these areas.

The area-based shutdown comes just after the company shuttered Amazon Wine, its wine marketplace and delivery service. Amazon Wine will be active until the end of the year, but after December 31, customers will no longer be able to browse products or place orders through the service.

However, Amazon recently expanded the alcohol delivery service of Prime Now to a few more cities. Prime Now focuses on one-hour deliveries of different types of products, making it inherently local. Unlike shipping wine or other alcohol from one state to another, Prime Now may be a better and easier way for Amazon to service those who want to quickly refill the beer missing from their refrigerator.

Amazon Fresh has been available for years for Prime members as Amazon's main grocery delivery service. Prime members, who already pay $99 per year for Amazon Prime, can pay an additional $15 per month to buy groceries online and have them delivered to their home either the same or next day. Whole Foods, like many other brick-and-mortar grocery stores, also has its own delivery service, but Amazon hasn't yet married its service with that of Whole Foods. The company has stated that Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh, and Amazon Prime Now will work together in the future in some unknown capacity.