Groceries are seen packed in totes as they move on a conveyer at a Peapod grocery distribution warehouse facility in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., August 21, 2018. Picture taken August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar
At an investor event on Nov 13, the world's eighth biggest food retailer is set to announce a partnership that will allow it to automate order collection at mini “robot supermarkets” attached to the stores of its US chains like Stop & Shop.
That marks a departure from its previous strategy of relying more on manual labour at bigger warehouses, or on a mixture of man and machine, to meet online food orders.
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