1. Kroger was the trail blazer when the company invested in the first automated full case picking system in North America. This system was successfully implemented in three phases starting in 2004 in its 1.1 Million sq. ft. distribution center in Tolleson, AZ.
2. In 2006, Kroger implemented a full case automation system at the 850,000 sq. ft. King Sooper’s distribution center in Aurora, CO.
3. In 2009, the Ralphs division of Kroger started shipping Dry Grocery cases from its new 552,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Paramount, CA.
4. In 2011, the first fully automated case selection facility for Perishables and Frozen Food was deployed in Kroger’s (Ralphs) 552,000 square feet x 80’ high Compton, CA distribution center.
5. In 2006, SuperValu implemented a full case automated distribution system within an existing 579,000 sq. ft. retrofit facility in Hopkins, MN.
6. SuperValu also retrofit the former Albertsons/ACME facility in Lancaster, PA (which is 1.7 Million square feet) with an automated full case system.
7. As mentioned earlier, Sobey’s Inc. deployed automated full case picking systems in 2009 within a 510,000 sq. ft. x 65' high Dry Grocery distribution center in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.
8. In 2012, Sobey’s deployed a 2nd fully automated 470,000 sq. ft. x 70' high Dry Grocery distribution center in Terrebonne, Quebec north of Montreal.
9. In 2013, Target Corporation implemented a new fully automated 360,000 sq. ft. perishables and frozen food distribution center in Denton, TX that ships approximately 577,000 cases/week. |