Kroger’s new Dallas robot-operated online grocery warehouse designed to grab market share

Kroger, the No. 2 market share grocer in D-FW behind Walmart, is shoring up its local online grocery delivery business with three levels of service: 30-minute quick purchases and two-hour deliveries, both through Instacart, and next-day, stock-up or weekly online orders filled from an automated warehouse and delivered by Kroger employees.

Grocery prices are the same as in the store, coupons are accepted and drivers will even recycle grocery bags, Bennett said.

She has chronicled the stark changes in grocery, malls, e-commerce, major bankruptcies and local retail entrepreneurs.

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