Ahold Delhaize Steps Up Automation Efforts A rendering of the Philadelphia e-grocery FC by AutoStore and Swisslog (Ahold Delhaize) Ahold Delhaize, the Netherlands-based grocery conglomerate that owns Stop & Shop, Giant and other U.S. chains, plans to pilot micro-fulfillment technology at one of Giant’s fulfillment centers in Philadelphia as it competes with Kroger’s e-fulfillment model using tech partner Ocado. The project leverages a grid-based AS/RS hive system from AutoStore, as well as syncing software from system integrator Swisslog, and manual picking from Peapod Digital Labs. While calling it micro fulfillment, a video simulation of the new fulfillment center looks more along the scale of a massive Kroger/Ocado facility than smaller store-based MFCs from providers like Fabric, Takeoff Technologies and Dematic.