All Ocado articles
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Analysis
After a very merry ecommerce Christmas, Ocado aims to keep the cheer rolling into 2025
After delivering a record-breaking Christmas on the back of the best part of a year of constant growth, Ocado is riding high. How does it plan to keep up the momentum?
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Ocado has delivered 'another record-breaking Christmas' and strong performance across 2024
Ocado has achieved “another record-breaking Christmas” with its highest-ever level of sales over the festive trading period, along with a strong performance throughout 2024.
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Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Lidl post strong growth in Christmas trading
Average household spending on groceries hit a record high of £460 during Christmas trading according to the latest grocery sales figures from Kantar.
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Ocado bolsters health offering with Holland & Barrett partnership
Ocado has partnered with health retailer Holland & Barrett to sell a selection of health and wellness products on its ecommerce platform.
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Ocado has passed a sales milestone as Christmas nears
Online grocer Ocado Retail has notched up its best-ever number of weekly orders as shoppers prepare for Christmas.
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Morrisons will ‘gradually cease’ deliveries from an Ocado warehouse in southeast England
Supermarket chain Morrisons has said it will “gradually cease” deliveries from Ocado’s automated warehouse in Erith, southeast England, but will still utilise Ocado’s central England warehouse.
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Data
Rapid delivery: is it still all to play for?
Thanks to data collected exclusively for Retail Week by CACI, we can reveal the picture of spend in the rapid delivery market, how Getir managed to crash out of a service that’s in such high demand and the demographic groups it attracted that are now up for grabs.
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Supermarket sales hit 2024 highs as inflation creeps up ahead of Christmas
Take-home sales at the grocers hit their highest point of the year, even as inflation began to inch up in the run-up to the all-important Christmas period.
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M&S profits and sales soar as strong food and clothing sales drive growth
Marks & Spencer’s profits and sales have soared, driven by strong sales performances from its food and clothing businesses.
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Ocado names new chair with tech and international experience
Online grocer Ocado has appointed a new chair with a background in the technology industry and international businesses.
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Ocado eyes up former Microsoft exec as next chair
A former Microsoft executive is being eyed up by online grocery technology giant Ocado, according to reports by Sky News.
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Analysis
Revealed: The UK’s top grocery innovators and what’s key to their success
As the most competitive retail sector in the UK, nothing comes easy for the grocers, making innovation and transformation an essential part of supermarket strategies as they fight for share of wallet.
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Virgin Wines strikes partnership with Ocado
Virgin Wines has launched a strategic partnership with online grocer Ocado, which has started to offer a range of 50 wines from Virgin’s assortment.
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Retail Navigator Analysis
Ocado Retail (Financials)
Ocado Retail sales climbed 9.3% to £2,408.8m in the 53 weeks to 3 December 2023 (FY2023) or 7.0% on a 52-week comparable basis. The retailer said it continued to win new customers “through a focus on offering competitive prices.”
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Ocado Retail lifts its sales guidance after a ‘strong’ quarter
Online grocery giant Ocado has increased its full-year revenue guidance as a result of “strong performance” as it continues making moves as “the UK’s fastest growing grocer”.
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Analysis
LIVE 2025 Retail Week x The Grocer: Meet the key speakers
Here are just some of the speakers that will be taking to the LIVE stage on February 11, 2025.
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Ocado unveils its sixth round of price cuts across branded and M&S ranges
Ocado Retail has unveiled its sixth Big Price Drop since June 2023, giving customers price cuts across branded, own brand and M&S products.
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Ocado warehouses go live with Coles in Australia
Ocado and Australian grocery giant Coles have announced that two promised customer fulfilment centres have gone live this summer.
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Ocado is extending its debt maturities by raising millions of pounds in bonds
Online supermarket and tech giant Ocado is extending the maturity of its debt by raising bonds worth millions of pounds.