With Waymo, Uber, and more testing all over the state, Arizona is a hotbed of self-driving car activity, and Kroger supermarkets said last week that it would be starting self-driving grocery delivery with partner Nuro at a single store in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale, according to Reuters.

The announcement comes shortly after retail giant Walmart announced a partnership with Waymo to deliver groceries to customers from select Supercenter locations via the Google-owned company’s fleet of vehicles just last month.

The first phase of the program will use Toyota Prius hybrids with the Nuro autonomous technology, featuring human occupants that can monitor the system and take over if necessary. The company’s driverless R1 delivery van, which contains no seats, will begin testing in the fall if all goes according to plan.

The service will only be available from Fry’s Food Store owned by Kroger in Scottsdale and will cost $5.95 per order with no minimum order amount necessary. To start, it’s only available to those who reside in the zip code 85257. Testing began last week.

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