Feb 10, 2021 | Coronavirus, News
Grocery shopping has changed for good as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Ocado, which reported a 35% increase in sales over the past year. In its full year results for the 52 weeks ended 29th November 2020, the online grocer saw underlying profits rise...
Jan 11, 2021 | News, Retailing
Online retailer Ocado has warned its customers that it may face shortages of certain products during the current coronavirus lockdown. In an email, the company explained that changes to the UK supply chain had affected its suppliers and that there may be shortages of...
Nov 27, 2020 | News, Retailing
Organisers of the City Food Lecture have announced that the 2021 lecture will be given by Mel Smith, chief executive of Ocado Retail. Formed in August 2019, Ocado Retail is a 50-50 joint venture between M&S and Ocado Group which serves 350,000 households every...
Sep 1, 2020 | News, Retailing
Marks & Spencer’s entire food range is now available online following the launch of its partnership with Ocado Retail. The launch sees Marks & Spencer’s full range of 6,000 products available alongside Ocado’s own label goods and branded lines. This is...
Jun 23, 2020 | News, Retailing
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show take-home sales from British supermarkets increased by 13.7% year on year in the 12 weeks to 14 June 2020, covering the full lockdown period. Shorter term, the latest four-week ending numbers suggest that...
