Ocado news and analysis
Ocado is the UK’s largest pure-play online grocer, operating as a joint venture between Ocado Group and Marks & Spencer. Ocado offers a wide range of products, including nearly the full M&S food range, and has expanded into health and wellness through partnerships like Holland & Barrett. The Grocer covers Ocado with news, analysis, insight and opinion, including updates on its market share, customer growth, technology innovation, and strategic shifts in the UK grocery sector.
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s behind the Asda-Ocado tie-up and will it work?
Asda is to adopt Ocado’s Smart Platform technology. What does the deal entail and will the new partnership work?
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NewsAmazon customers can now add fresh groceries to same-day delivery orders
Previously, fresh food could only be bought and delivered as part of a separate basket via the Amazon Grocery section of the site and app.
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NewsAsda ‘broadly where expected’ as losses slow during first quarter
Asda now hoped to win back shoppers through its Take a Fresh Look campaign and new partnership with Ocado, chairman Allan Leighton said
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NewsAsda signs up Ocado to overhaul online shopping
Asda has signed a deal with Ocado Group to completely overhaul its online shopping business
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NewsOcado launches rewards programme for Smart Pass holders
Customers can choose as many offers as they like from a selection of 15 featured deals that are on offer at any one time
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Grocer 33Ocado supply chain director Tim Walker on same-day delivery and dynamic aisles
‘We’re finding an increasing number of shopping missions need to be supported in different ways’
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Grocer 33Ocado bests rivals in online Liverpool mystery shop
Our shopper rates Ocado as ‘my favourite’ thanks to the ‘high-quality items’ and because ‘they have real-time availability’
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InterviewsModern Milkman Simon Mellin on delivering value internationally
Simon Mellin founded Modern Milkman with a battered old milk float in a Lancashire town. Now he is taking its ‘waste not, want not’ mission to the US
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NewsOcado signs exclusivity deal with Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm
As part of the deal, both Ocado and Diddly Squat are making a commitment to co-fund outdoor learning and land-based skills via the Ernest Cook Trust.
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NewsAsian condiment challenger Mei Mei Goods lands grocery debut in Ocado
Mei Mei Goods was co-founded by Michelin-starred chef Elizabeth Haigh and former Google head of retail Renée St John
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NewsOcado launches sustainability focused ‘Future of Food’ aisle
Each product in the aisle – developed in partnership with not-for-profit platform Future of Food – has been assessed against three criteria, and verified by Ocado Retail and Provenance
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NewsShot brand Unrooted eyes fibremaxxing trend with new baobab powder sachets
Functional shot brand Unrooted has launched 100% baobab fruit powder sachets
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NewsOle & Steen launches bakery selection on Ocado to reach customers nationwide
It marks the first time the vast majority of UK households will have access to Ole & Steen’s bakery range
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NewsAsda leads the way on closing hourly gender pay gap
Figures filed with the government’s Gender Pay Gap Service show Asda has the smallest mean hourly gender pay gap for the third year in a row
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NewsOcado tech workers consider strike in protest of swingeing redundancies
The redundancies – which staff are currently being consulted on – will affect 72% of the headcount at the Barcelona office, leaving just 47 roles remaining.
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NewsOcado seeking to extend full basket same-day delivery to ‘as many UK locations as possible’
Ocado told The Grocer it was ‘working hard to expand the number of same-day slots available across as many UK locations as possible’
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NewsOcado calls cops on rival at Stuttgart trade show
Ocado has called German police on picking robot rival Brightpick after alleging the company has infringed one of its patents.
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NewsMade Without Nitrites bacon range launched by Spoilt Pig
The range includes four SKUs, including smoked back bacon, smoked streaky bacon, unsmoked back bacon, and unsmoked streaky bacon
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Promotional FeaturesStay still, fall behind: Why food and drink must keep one eye on the future
The UK food and drink sector walks a continual tightrope between day-to-day operational demands and preparing for what the future holds. So, how can manufacturers and retailers balance their time strategically and successfully?
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NewsEPR: retailers and Wrap back call for funding rethink
A new white paper calls on Defra and PackUK to revamp the system so companies that are shown to be investing in genuine recycling initiatives are rewarded with lower fees