Ocado Group has announced the expansion of its partnership with leading US grocery retailer, Kroger by providing new automated technologies for Kroger’s Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs). Kroger will implement Ocado’s latest innovations, including On-Grid Robotic Pick (OGRP) and Automated Frameload (AFL), to enhance efficiency and reduce costs across its delivery network.
Ocado’s technologies are being adopted globally, with partners like AEON in Japan also retrofitting their operations with these advancements.
Tim Steiner, CEO of Ocado Group, said: “We are delivering a step-change in warehouse automation and new levels of efficiency to our partners as global supply chains are under significant pressure to manage higher volumes and greater complexity, as well as challenges in labour cost and availability.
Today marks another exciting milestone in our partnership with Kroger. Our current CFCs are already helping to deliver a game-changing quality of service to their customers across the USA. We are excited for these latest technologies to further enhance that proposition, as well as the efficiency of Kroger’s operations in live and future CFCs.”
