Tens of thousands of Ocado grocery deliveries are cancelled after blaze caused by robots

Tens of thousands of Ocado grocery deliveries are cancelled – after a blaze caused by robots colliding at a depot More than 100 firefighters spent hours battling blaze in Erith, south London  The building, on a 36-acre site, is serviced by around 3,500 robots packing food It is third blaze at an Ocado warehouse in … Read more

Ocado to invest £10m in driverless vehicle start-up Oxbotica

Are you ready for driverless deliveries and ‘kerb-to-kitchen’ robots? Ocado to invest £10m in AI start-up Oxbotica Ocado will pump £10m into driverless vehicle software company Oxbotica  The first prototypes for driverless vehicles are expected to be ready in two years But they will be used in its warehouses first rather than to make home … Read more

Lisa Faulkner is left ‘mortified’ after she accidentally flashed her Ocado delivery driver

‘I realise my boobs were out’: Lisa Faulkner is left ‘mortified’ after she accidentally flashed her Ocado delivery driver By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 12:22 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 12:22 GMT, 24 March 2021 Lisa Faulkner was left ‘mortified’ when she accidentally flashed an Ocado delivery driver at her London home on … Read more

Trust linked to Ocado board member buys £16m of shares in the company 

Trust linked to Ocado board member buys £16m of shares in the company By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 GMT, 22 March 2021 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 22 March 2021 Apple III Trust has bought 818,000 shares in Ocado for £16m A trust linked to a member of the Ocado board has … Read more

Ocado to zoom groceries to your door – in just 30 minutes

Ocado to zoom groceries to your door – in just 30 minutes: Online grocer will open 12 rapid delivery sites in London before rolling service out across UK By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 18 March 2021 Ocado will open 12 rapid delivery sites … Read more

Ocado shoppers spend an average of £147 on each order as sales surge

Online grocery group Ocado saw sales surge nearly 40 per cent to £559million in the 13 weeks to 28 February, a new trading update shows. On average, Ocado customers spent £147-a-time on their shop, with Marks & Spencer products ‘consistently’ accounting for over a quarter of the basket. With plans to open further warehouses and … Read more

Ocado delivers record sales – but still manages to make a £44m loss

Ocado delivers record sales – but still manages to make a £44m loss after investing in technology By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 23:15 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 23:15 GMT, 9 February 2021 Ocado posted sales of more than £2billion for the first time despite losing customers in the pandemic. Revenues … Read more

Remain-backing Ocado chairman warns that Britain will see ‘short-term’ food shortages

Remain-backing Ocado chairman warns that extra Brexit costs will be passed on to customers and Britain will see ‘short-term’ food shortages due to new customs rules Lord Rose, chairman of Ocado, said customs rules to see ‘some’ food shortages He claimed difficulties of Brexit-related customs rules to be felt by consumers  Comments come as Twitter … Read more

Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Ocado sites struggle under panic-buying strain

Supermarket websites have been feeling the strain as customers race to book delivery slots after England was plunged into its third national lockdown. The Sainsbury’s app was under such high demand that the retailer had to temporarily limit access, while there were nearly 15,000 people queuing on the Ocado website and others were reporting problems … Read more

Online grocery shopping: Sainsbury’s app crashes while Tesco and Ocado sites struggle

Supermarket websites have been feeling the strain as customers race to book delivery slots after England was plunged into its third national lockdown. The Sainsbury’s app crashed while there were nearly 15,000 people queuing on the Ocado website and others were reporting problems paying on the Tesco app.    It follows chaos before the first lockdown … Read more