Time to fire up the BBQ! Britons fill their shopping baskets with burgers and beers in time for balmy weekend with mercury set to soar to 80F – as Met Office forecasts six consecutive days of sunshine

Time to fire up the BBQ! Britons fill their shopping baskets with burgers and beers in time for balmy weekend with mercury set to soar to 80F – as Met Office forecasts six consecutive days of sunshine

Britons are stocking up on burgers, sausages and ice creams for what could be the country’s last barbecue weekend of the year as temperatures soar to 81F (27C). The Met Office expects the mercury to hit at least 72F (22C) for six days in a row from today until next Wednesday as an ‘unusual’ blast … Read more

Online grocer Ocado plans to shut customer fulfilment centre in Hertfordshire impacting 2,300 jobs

Online grocer Ocado plans to shut its Hertfordshire warehouse – which handles a fifth of its customer orders – in a move impacting 2,300 jobs Ocado has now started consultation with the 2,300 workers based at Hatfield By Danya Bazaraa Published: 08:17 BST, 25 April 2023 | Updated: 09:11 BST, 25 April 2023 Online grocer … Read more

Lisa Faulkner ‘mortified’ after accidentally flashing her Ocado delivery driver

‘I realise my boobs were out’: Lisa Faulkner is left ‘mortified’ after accidentally flashing her Ocado delivery driver By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 12:22 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 13:33 GMT, 24 March 2021 Lisa Faulkner was left ‘mortified’ when she accidentally flashed an Ocado delivery driver at her London home on Wednesday. … 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 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