Online player Ocado and The Kroger Co have announced that they have completed the service and operational terms that will see the US retailer develop Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs) operated by Ocado.
The agreement was first announced in May 2018.
Under the terms of the agreement, Kroger is expected to order 20 CFCs over the first three years of the agreement, and order the first three CFCs by the end of 2018. Ocado will ‘install and maintain modules of Mechanical Handling Equipment’ in these CFCs in oder to provide an agreeable level of throughput, the companies announced.