Kroger Co. has spent years—and a whole bunch of thousands and thousands of {dollars}—investing in know-how to provide it a digital edge within the grocery enterprise. However when the coronavirus modified clients’ shopping for habits in a single day, the grocery chain wasn’t as prepared for the net shift as a few of its opponents.
The nation’s largest grocer, Kroger has poured cash into tasks starting from a self-driving grocery supply robotic to a partnership to promote items in China by way of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. It additionally guess {that a} supply mannequin utilizing distant…