Kroger Co., which owns Mariano’s stores, opened a new warehouse in Maywood on Tuesday to make home grocery deliveries to people who live in the Chicago area.
Customers will receive groceries directly from the Kroger warehouse in a temperature-regulated van when they place their order on the Mariano’s website, instead of only having third-party delivery options such as Instacart or Shipt.
A spokesperson for Kroger said the warehouse will create 180 new jobs for people in the area.
It will also make groceries more accessible for people in the neighborhood — Maywood has been designated a food desert by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
“Their facility replaces a blighted area while adding new jobs and revenues that aid in the revitalization of our community,” Maywood Mayor Nathaniel George Booker said in a news release. “We are happy to welcome a partner that works to address our food desert designation and look to evolving collaboration with them.”
