DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A new Kroger Fulfillment Center is open in southern Dallas. The 350,000-square-foot facility already employs about 400 workers and 1,000 robots.
The robots select the food from bins and deliver it to humans who are packing online orders. An average order can be filled in about 6 minutes and delivered within 90 miles of the center. At peak capacity, the facility can fill 18,000 orders a day.
“The opening of Kroger’s new Customer Fulfillment Center is a major win for our city — and it represents a tremendous investment in southern Dallas,” Mayor Eric Johnson said. “This means hundreds of jobs, it means more economic development, and it means greater access to fresh groceries for all of our residents, including those in our historically underserved and overlooked communities. Together, we are building a more vibrant and more equitable city.”
The company collaborated with the City of Dallas, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism, local and regional workforce solutions offices and school districts for talent acquisition and development.
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