Ocado faces shareholder revolt over fat cat pay with chairman questioned over his independence By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:54 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 23:40 BST, 5 May 2020 Ocado is facing a shareholder revolt today over ‘excessive’ pay as its chairman is questioned over his independence. The online grocer … Read more
M&S launches home-delivery service from 142 UK stores on Deliveroo today – before its £750m Ocado deal is due to begin in September M&S have made more than 130 food and household items available on Deliveroo There is a £4.99 delivery charge but all other costs remain the same as in store M&S will also … Read more
Ocado admirers deliver a near £10bn valuation following its supply agreement with M&S M&S agreed in February to replace Waitrose as its main delivery partner in 2020 The company’s share price closed at a peak of £14.35 on Wednesday The shares settled back to £13.96 on Friday evening By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday … Read more
You don’t have to be a financial genius to notice that while there are many economic losers from the current situation, there are winners as well. With more than half the world currently under some form of lockdown due to Covid-19, the businesses that are still able to serve our needs are reporting increased profits … Read more
Ocado accused of ‘profiteering’ from the coronavirus crisis by hiking prices and axing discounts as demand for deliveries soars By Hugo Duncan and Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 22 April 2020 Ocado has been accused of ‘profiteering’ from the coronavirus crisis by axing discounts … Read more
Ocado removes bottled water from its deliveries in a bid to make space for other products as it claims ban will allow them to deliver to up to 6,000 extra homes a week The move comes as many retailers desperately try to adapt to feed the public The online supermarket delivered to 250,000 homes across … Read more
Customers vent anger at Ocado meltdown with complaints about delayed deliveries and product substitutions By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:05 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 2 April 2020 Ocado’s customer service ratings have collapsed in the last month Ocado’s customer service ratings have collapsed in the past month as … Read more
Ocado has bought 100,000 coronavirus testing kits for its staff at a cost of £1.4million, but has promised to hand them over to the NHS if they need them. The food delivery company is the latest to ramp up protective measures by making sure all of their workers are tested regularly so they are safe … Read more
Supermarket chaos as Boris Johnson orders Britons to stay OUT of stores – but all the home delivery slots are taken for WEEKS Tesco and Asda delivery slots unavailable until April as websites go down Ocado and Sainsbury’s are not taking deliveries from newly registered accounts It comes as Boris Johnson encouraged the country to … Read more
Supermarkets warn shoppers could wait more than a week for deliveries as Ocado takes its app offline and Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons are forced to drop rivalries and share vans and depots A surge of panic-buying and large orders means online shops are ill-prepared Leading supermarkets will work together to ensure shopping is delivered But … Read more