Benefits of

Dark Stores

Ensures
enhanced quality

Can accommodate a full range of items

Enables centralized route planning

Designed for increased efficiency

Capacity to handle a significant volume of goods

Ensures great availability of goods

Improves
picking accuracy

Fertile ground for experimenting with new goods

Facilitates round the clock operations

Stop & Shop and Hy-Vee
based in Iowa, are already experimenting with turning stores dark

Amazon-owned Whole Foods’
Brooklyn store is dedicated to fulfilling online orders. This store is the company’s first purpose-built online-only store

Bed Bath & Beyond
plans to convert a quarter of its locations into dark stores.

Food distributors, whose sales took a hit due to the pandemic, turned their refrigerated facilities into dark stores. Given that there is less volume to move, these distributors partnered with grocery wholesalers and managed to stay afloat.

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