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Analysis & FeaturesCan Ocado step up and go mainstream in UK grocery?
Ocado’s sales have soared in lockdown. Can it use this momentum and its tieup with Marks & Spencer to crack mainstream grocery in the UK?
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News
Asda launches bigger, more efficient home delivery vehicles to lower emissions
With significantly increased capacity the fleet will enable the supermarket to ‘drastically reduce miles on the road’
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Deliveroo promotes Co-op and Morrisons tie-ups with TV ads
It is the first time Deliveroo has promoted grocery in ads; previous ads have focused on restaurant and fast food partners
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Whitepapers
Five reasons why wholesale online needs your attention
When thinking about reaching your potential in the wholesale channel, how much consideration are you giving to B2B eCommerce?
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Hotel Chocolat to recruit supply chain transformation manager
The supply chain transformation manager will report to director of fulfilment Robert Barrass, who joined the business in May
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Waitrose ‘flattered’ to have inspired M&S products for Ocado
M&S said it had “matched and improved on 4,000 Waitrose products” with its 6,000 lines on Ocado
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Comment & Opinion
Marks & Spencer is threatening a middle-class price war against Waitrose
And Ocado also gets an extra 2,000 unique M&S products on its site
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Analysis & Features
Amazon free grocery delivery: should UK grocers be worried?
Amazon has made free, fast grocery delivery a standard perk of Prime membership in the UK. How big is the threat to UK grocery retailers?
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News
M&S products now live on Ocado ahead of Waitrose switchover
Most Waitrose lines had been replaced with an M&S product of “near-identical specification” Ocado said
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App-based supermarket Weezy launches with 15-minute delivery promise
The operation sources groceries from a handful of wholesalers as well independent bakers and butchers
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Rapid ranges expand as consumers pay premium for swift delivery
Supermarkets are adding scores of products to rapid delivery services as customers prove willing to pay more
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Retailer deals with courier firms signed ‘in a panic’ and ‘won’t last’ claims Buymie boss
Devan Hughes told The Grocer the recent flurry of supermarket deals with courier companies suffer from a ‘massive conflict of interest’
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Convenience chain One O One partners with home delivery app
Appy Shop enables customers to order goods within 30 to 60-minute time slots or weeks ahead
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Asda launches new delivery van returns service for George clothing
The trial is currently taking place in the York and Milton Keynes areas
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CMA clears Amazon’s 16% investment in Deliveroo
The long-running decision saga has seen the authority flip-flop between allowing the deal to proceed and halting it
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Waitrose digital chief Ben Stimson confirms departure
Stimson has been with the company for a decade and moved into his current role in May 2019
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Waitrose rolls out drive-through collection service
Some locations also offer John Lewis click & collect and return services
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Jimmy’s launches Iced Coffee and Coffee Cola subscription service
The new route to market follows a 3,000% uplift for the brand in online orders during lockdown
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Comment & Opinion
Why an online sales tax isn’t right for the retail sector
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has previously expressed concerns that business rates are effectively penalising high street stores and giving internet retailers an unfair advantage
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Aldi’s logistics partner makes major move into e-commerce
Leicestershire-based Armstrong Logistics said the new e-commerce operation would be able to ‘meet any challenge’
