Kroger is closing 3 of its e-commerce fulfillment facilities in Texas and Florida

Kroger is shuttering three of its e-commerce fulfillment facilities in Texas and Florida. The cross-docking warehouses — located in Austin, San Antonio and Miami — will be closed at the end of May, according to a Kroger spokesperson, who added that all impacted associates had been offered other opportunities within the company. These kind of spoke facilities extend the reach of Kroger’s network with British online retailer Ocado. Ocado’s larger automated facilities assemble orders, which are then shipped to the cross-docking warehouses and placed into smaller delivery trucks. Amid rising competition in e-commerce, particularly seen during the pandemic era, Kroger and Ocado have continued to expand their partnership over recent years.