CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. has expanded its collaboration with the autonomous delivery vehicle company Nuro, the companies announced on Wednesday. “Our expanded collaboration with Nuro supports Kroger’s commitment to provide fresh food, at a great value – all without asking our customers to compromise,” said Yael Cosset, Kroger’s senior vice president and chief information officer.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart Inc. has begun using driverless trucks without backup safety drivers on a delivery route in its hometown, the company said Monday. The multi-temperature box trucks, developed by the Mountain View, Calif.-based technology firm Gatik, are moving customer orders between a Walmart dark store and a Neighborhood Market in Bentonville, Ark. Gatik’s
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Kroger Co. said Tuesday that it has begun making grocery deliveries here using unmanned vehicles. Working with Silicon Valley startup Nuro, Kroger has been making grocery deliveries in Scottsdale, Ariz., using self-driving Prius cars. In that pilot program, which began in August, a person would be present in the car that was making deliveries
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. has announced that it will work with Mountain View, Calif.-based Nuro in a test of using unmanned vehicles to deliver online grocery orders. The companies say they will announce a pilot market soon, with deliveries expected to begin this fall. During the test, Kroger customers will be able to place same-day