Ocado news and analysis – Page 23
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NewsCity snapshot: Ocado hikes profits forecast on retail sales surge
Ocado has hiked its full year profits forecast as its UK retail sales continue to boom as grocery shoppers stay at home. Founders and Blackstone bid for Applegreen. Plus, trading updates from McColl’s, Marston’s and DS Smith and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsOcado-backed meal prep robot reaches pre-production prototype stage
The robot can prepare freshly-made, customisable, ready-to-eat meals from 18 hot and cold ingredients with precise portion accuracy
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NewsOcado seeks to offer staff free vitamin D
Studies show the vitamin can reduce chance of infection by the coronavirus
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NewsMedia Bites 10 November: Covid vaccine, Reckitt Benckiser, Ocado, EG Group
Global markets roared higher in a rally led by companies hit hardest by the pandemic after Pfizer and BioNTech revealed a breakthrough in the race to find a vaccine for Covid-19.
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NewsOcado’s robotic acquisitions will save £7m in labour costs per CFC
Figure based on costs associated with picking, packing and decanting
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NewsOcado Islington depot plan suffers setback as council revokes development certificate
An Ocado spokeswoman said the company was disappointed by the decision
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat are the patent claims in Ocado lawsuit and what is at stake?
Ocado is being sued by Norwegian robotics company AutoStore
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NewsWaitrose online orders up 20% since Ocado split
One of its stores in Southend fulfilled 3,000 online orders last week, the first time any Waitrose branch has hit the milestone
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NewsMedia Bites 2 October: Ocado, Tesco, PepsiCo
Ocado’s strategy of selling its grocery knowhow worldwide is under threat after a Norwegian rival claimed it has copied its technology and infringed its patents
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NewsOcado sued by AutoStore for alleged patent infringement
AutoStore claims Ocado’s Smart Platform system, which is used across Ocado’s highly automated warehouses, is based on it’s patented technology
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NewsCity News: Ocado enjoys another share price surge following summer sales surge
Ocado’s market capitalisation broke through the £20bn barrier this week
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Comment & OpinionM&S switchover complete, but Waitrose is the least of Ocado’s problems
Ocado sets the bar on customer service, but rivals are going around the target
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NewsOcado suffers ‘no loss of customers’ following M&S switchover
Ocado Retail CFO Duncan Tatton-Brown told The Grocer any movement from Ocado.com shoppers to rivals had been ‘very, very low’
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NewsCity snapshot: Ocado sales surge by 52% ahead of M&S switch
Ocado’s retail revenues soared by 52% in the 13 weeks to August due to sharply rising demand for online groceries - plus, growth slows in August as more meals are eaten out according to the latest grocery market share figures.
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NewsM&S ends partnership with Deliveroo to focus on Ocado venture
M&S said the Deliveroo deal was designed to get groceries to customers during the peak of the lockdown period
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NewsBrands furious as Ocado asks for ‘offensive’ terms reduction
It comes after CEO Melanie Smith told suppliers at an Ocado Retail conference in July she was “shocked” at how low Ocado’s profit margins were
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Range PreviewRange preview: Ocado Christmas 2020
From a profiterole tart to chocolate and cherry venison, here’s what Ocado has planned for Christmas this year
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Comment & OpinionOcado-M&S and Waitrose must refine their offers in a complex online grocery world
It is wrong to assume the pair are competing for the exact same slice of the market, says Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar
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Comment & OpinionIt hasn’t been a dream start to the Ocado-M&S alliance. Can they turn the tides?
Ocado had all the tools to make the M&S switch a success but it hasn’t been smooth sailing, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment & OpinionThe Ocado-M&S switch will reveal how hard – or easy – it is to break shoppers’ habits
Consumers are averse to changing how they eat and shop, but Ocado is forcing a change upon its shoppers, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction