Ocado is set to receive $350M from Kroger (KR) after the grocer opted to shut down three robotic warehouses and scrapped plans for another facility, James Davey and Yadarisa Shabong of Reuters reports. Kroger built the warehouses with Ocado in Maryland, Wisconsin, and Florida, all of which will close in January.
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