How FreshDirect delivers 100,000 grocery orders across NYC each week

Dec 28

With stay-at-home orders in place in New York City beginning in March, e-grocer FreshDirect saw an unprecedented spike in demand for online grocery deliveries.
The company now packs and delivers 100,000 grocery boxes each week, cutting out about three steps from the normal grocery-store supply chain.
FreshDirect's Bronx, New York, warehouse is the size of 11 football fields; see how it's all done.
Using an advanced AI system, temperature controls, nine miles of conveyor belt, and a fleet of delivery trucks, the company delivers 3 million grocery items a week.

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