Ocado builds on Aeon partnership with plans for third robotic warehouse

LONDON : British online grocery store and technology crew Ocado stated on Monday it had boosted its partnership with Japan’s Aeon with plans to avoid wasting a third robotic warehouse.

The third customer fulfilment centre (CFC), as Ocado calls them, shall be in Kuki-Miyashiro, the Saitama prefecture of Japan, and would possibly possibly possibly breeze live in 2027.

The expansion of the partnership is a lift for Ocado after it stated final month that its Canadian grocery store accomplice Sobeys had paused the opening of a fourth robotic warehouse, prompting a trudge in Ocado shares.

Ocado entered an interesting partnership with Aeon in 2019. A first CFC in Chiba-city opened final one year, serving customers within the Kanto place. A 2d essentially based in Hachioji is on account of transfer live in 2026.

Besides the network expansion, the partnership can even detect Aeon upgrade its live operations with the latest Ocado technologies at the side of what it calls “On-Grid Robotic Decide”.

Ocado stated this would possibly possibly possibly possibly lift rising ranges of labour productiveness to Aeon’s operations.