Kroger selects Arizona for self-driving grocery delivery pilot | Advertising

Kroger is bringing self-driving grocery delivery to Arizona.

The largest grocery chain in the U.S. will start delivering groceries in autonomous-capable Toyota Prius cars starting Thursday at a Fry’s Food location it owns in Scottsdale. To start, there will be a driver in the vehicle, though the second phase of the test — slated to begin late next month — will include unmanned autos, according to a spokeswoman for the grocer.

Kroger announced in June a partnership with the Bay Area autonomous vehicle startup Nuro to test the delivery of groceries in unmanned road vehicles that can steer from the store to a customer’s home. The grocer, which operates nearly 2,800 stores, has said unmanned cars would help cut down on delivery times and the costs associated with sending bags of food directly to customers’ houses.

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