Kroger, the nation’s largest grocery store chain, has broken ground on a high-tech customer fulfillment center in Frederick, Maryland.
It’s Kroger’s first expansion into the Washington and Baltimore region for home delivery.
Kroger has no physical stores in the D.C. area, and has no plans for any in the near future.
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