Two new multimillion e-grocery projects

21 December 2021 - The pandemic has brought a major shift in grocery shopping patterns, with research suggesting that up to two-thirds of consumers changed their grocery shopping behavior. Now, industry analysts and grocers are projecting that for a significant percentage of the market these initially short-term adaptations will translate into long-term behavior changes.

Rohlik is the European leader in e-grocery in Central Europe with over 850,000 customers across the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria and Germany. It achieved 101% year-on-year revenue growth in 2020. The company’s latest investment will deliver a threefold increase in picking productivity, over 60% more storage space in its fulfillment centers and a streamlined replenishment and inventory process. “Having sold or implemented several e-grocery projects in recent years, we are ideally placed to now support Rohlik on their growth journey with flexible and temperature controlled automation,” says Schmale. 

Swisslog has a well-established and growing reputation for successfully implementing automation projects across the burgeoning e-grocery sector. In the US, The GIANT Company recently opened its new, state-of-the-art GIANT Direct E-commerce Fulfillment Center (EFC) in Philadelphia, US. This new, 124,000 square foot facility is powered by AutoStore and optimized by Swisslog’s SynQ software. “Swisslog has also partnered with H-E-B in San Antonio, Texas to deploy a number of automated micro-fulfillment centers to support the chain’s curbside pick-up and delivery business. In the recent months, we have also received orders and implemented new e-grocery projects for customers in Italy and the Middle East,” explains Schmale in highlighting the growing e-grocery automation business.

Read the Rohlik media release: https://www.rohlik.group/rohlik-group-expands-european-automation-implementation-total-investment-now-stands-45-million-eur