Kroger announced Wednesday the opening of a new spoke facility in South Florida. This facility opening will expand Kroger Delivery services throughout the region.
Customers can access Kroger Delivery through the Kroger app or website. The service allows customers to order groceries directly to their home.
"We are thrilled to connect more Floridians to the Kroger Delivery shopping experience," said Bill Bennett, Kroger VP and head of ecommerce, in a statement.
The 60,000-square-foot spoke facility will work in conjunction with the Groveland, Florida fulfillment center. All orders are picked and assembled within the Groveland facility, then transported to Miami. Once the orders arrive, they are checked and placed on refrigerated delivery trucks that deliver directly to customers' doors.
"We've been working closely with the Kroger team since they started looking to expand to South Florida and knew this was a geography that would offer significant growth potential," said James Kohnstamm, EVP of Miami-Dade Beacon Council, in a statement. "From a customer standpoint, we have over a million households and hundreds of new residents relocating to Miami each week. From a workforce standpoint, we have a deep bench of talent with expertise in cold chain and logistics management, as well as multiple startups dedicated to driving innovation in the trade and logistics space."
The expansion to South Florida, including Miami represents an extension of a collaboration between Kroger and Ocado Group, a grocery ecommerce platform. In 2018, the companies announced a collaboration to establish a delivery network that combines artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, and automation.
Kroger currently operates customer fulfillment centers in Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, Texas, Michigan, and Colorado with additional customer fulfillment centers slated for California, Maryland, Arizona, North Carolina, and more.
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