Breaking Down the First Micro-Fulfillment Center at Wakefern Food
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Breaking Down the First Micro-Fulfillment Center at Wakefern Food

Wakefern Food Corp. is the 20th largest grocer in the US, with $16.6bn in 2019 retail sales across ShopRite, Price Rite, Gourmet Garage, Fresh Grocer, and Dearborn Market subsidiaries. Last summer, it opened the first standalone robotic grocery fulfillment center in the country inside of a 27,000 square-foot Clifton, NJ warehouse powered by Takeoff Technologies software and Knapp Logistics robots. The center is responsible for picking everything that isn’t deli or produce for Shoprite’s online pick up and delivery for five of its 23 stores in New Jersey as part of its “Shoprite from Home” service.

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Kroger goes for endless aisles with new marketplace strategy
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Kroger goes for endless aisles with new marketplace strategy

As more consumers shop for groceries online and retailers like Amazon, Target and Walmart expand their digital marketplaces, the pressure is growing on food retailers to offer an online assortment that goes beyond what’s in their stores.

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