The Save Mart Companies is supporting a same-day grocery delivery and pick-up service with automated micro-fulfilment technology.
Partnering with robotics start-up Fulfil Solutions, the regional grocery conglomerate opened a dark store, which serves as a micro-fulfilment warehouse, a few months ago in the San Francisco Bay-area city of Mountain View, California. The dark store acts as a distribution hub for Save Mart’s same-day delivery and pick-up offering called Lucky Now.
Within minutes of receiving an order, fulfil robots pick all categories of groceries, including refrigerated and frozen goods. The robots then bring packed grocery bags to a waiting area where human drivers collect them.
“The Save Mart Companies is thrilled to embrace innovative technologies that help deliver on-demand groceries to our customers on their own terms,” said Shane Sampson, Executive Chairman of the Board, The Save Mart Companies. “With Lucky Now, powered by Fulfil’s robotic automation, we are excited to offer the best value on local and fresh products that our shoppers have come to know and trust.”
