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...
May 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
British take-home grocery sales rose by 14.3% during the 12 weeks to the 17th May, the fastest rate since comparable records began in 1994, according to the latest figures released by Kantar. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, said: “The...
May 7, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, Retailing
Online retailer Ocado saw its sales over the last two months increase by 40% as more consumers shopped from home during the coronavirus pandemic. In its latest AGM trading statement, the online grocer said it had increased its capacity at its South East London...
