Kroger and Ocado Announce Location of High-Tech Customer Fulfillment Center in Phoenix, Arizona

January 25, 2021 The Kroger Co.

Kroger has partnered with Ocado to accelerate its ability to provide customers with anything, anytime, anywhere. The CFC model – an automated warehouse facility with digital and robotic capabilities – will be used to serve customers across the region.

Badger Technologies Collaborates with STCR to Drive Rapid Adoption of Autonomous Robots by Independent Grocers

November 17, 2020 Badger Technologies

This collaboration will speed deployments of Badger Technologies® autonomous robots to address critical out-of-stock, price integrity, planogram compliance and other operational inefficiencies.

British Online Grocer Ocado, Known For Its Automated Warehouses, Acquires Two U.S. Robotics Companies

November 5, 2020 JEREMY KAHN,

Ocado, the U.K. online grocer that has increasingly sold its e-commerce and automated warehouse technology to other supermarkets around the world, has acquired two U.S. robotics companies.

Walmart Ends Contract With Robotics Company, Opts For Human Workers Instead, Report Says

November 3, 2020 Melissa Repko, CNBC

At some Walmart stores, robots have roamed the sales floors and helped check if shelves were stocked. But the big-box retailer has now decided to end its contract with the robotics company behind those machines after finding that people can do about the same work, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

Schnuck Markets Deploys Tally Robot to More Than Half of Stores

October 2, 2020 Schnuck Markets

Three years after introducing Simbe Robotics’ autonomous robot Tally to select stores to enhance inventory management, Schnuck Markets, Inc. today announced it is launching the technology in an additional 46 stores, leveraging Tally’s real-time data to improve the shopping experiences in 62 locations.