M&S in £750m home delivery deal with Ocado
Marks & Spencer is to invest £750 million in a joint venture with Ocado that will give it a home delivery service for its food offering for the first time.
Marks & Spencer is to invest £750 million in a joint venture with Ocado that will give it a home delivery service for its food offering for the first time.
Ocado has scored 81 per cent for customer satisfaction in a Which? survey of online grocery shopping, that covered more than 12,000 members.
Walker Logistics is supplying replenishment stock for Formula One sponsor Rich Energy’s retail partners around the world and will also manage the fulfilment of online orders directly to consumers.
Sainsbury’s and Asda have vowed to continue pressing the case for their proposed merger despite a provisional finding by the Competition and Markets Authority that the merger could lead to a substantial lessening of competition.
Supply chain disruption cut operating profit at McColl’s from £31.4 million in 2017 to £18.3 million last year.
Newcastle-based tea company Ringtons has added 58 Volkswagen Caddy vans plus a Transporter and Crafter to its fleet.
Tate & Lyle has started a project to assess the sustainability of the supply chain for stevia, the low-calorie sweetener.
The Competition and Markets Authority has extended the reference period for its investigation into the proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda.
Lidl has started work on a £70m headquarters building in Tolworth which will have 250,000 sq ft of space to accommodate 800 employees when it is completed in two year’s time.
Residents near Ocado’s Andover fulfilment centre have been allowed to go home after being evacuated last night because of the fire at the site.