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The Kroger Co. has begun on-demand delivery of meals made at “dark kitchens” through a partnership with “delivery restaurant” ClusterTruck.
Called Kroger Delivery Kitchen Powered by ClusterTruck, the service enables users to order online from a wide menu of freshly prepared meals and have them delivered directly to their home or office within a half-hour, Kroger said Monday. The meals are made at central “scratch kitchens,” and customers aren’t charged delivery or service fees.
Initially, Kroger Delivery Kitchen is being offered in Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis; and Carmel, Ind., where Kroger and ClusterTruck are jointly opening a kitchen. Kroger’s King Soopers supermarket chain also will offer the ClusterTruck meal delivery service through a kitchen in Denver.
“ClusterTruck’s ultra-fresh and quick made-from-scratch meals set them apart in the food delivery landscape,” Suzy Monford, group vice president of fresh at...