Online Grocery

Supermarkets are being called on to scrap delivery charges for their most vulnerable customers being forced to shield.

Online grocery shopping hits all time high of £1.2bn with boon expected to continue “for the foreseeable future”

May 27, 2020

Online grocery shopping hit an all time high of £1.2 billion throughout April and May as the lockdown forced nearly 5 million new households online. In the four weeks to…

Swathes of vulnerable and elderly shoppers are still struggling to access food delivery services across the UK as consumer groups call for urgent action to help those most at risk.

“The current system is not working”: Hundreds of elderly and vulnerable shoppers still unable to access food delivery services

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Coronavirus COVID 19 Delivery Elderly Online Grocery vulnerable

May 5, 2020

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Swathes of vulnerable and elderly shoppers are still struggling to access food delivery services across the UK as consumer groups call for urgent action to help those most at risk.…

Tesco is set to install thousands of solar panels, set up solar farms and roll out and all electric delivery fleet as it significantly ramps up efforts to be carbon neutral.

1m deliveries a week: Tesco becomes first grocer to reach milestone thanks to 16,000 new staff

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Chris Poad Delivery Online Grocery Tesco

April 29, 2020

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Tesco delivered over 1 million orders last week becoming the first retailer in the UK’s history to do so thanks to its army of new staff. The UK’s largest grocer…

Waitrose is tripling the number of delivery slots available via its ‘Rapid’ service to help ensure the elderly and vulnerable have access to essentials during the pandemic.

Waitrose adding 5000 Rapid delivery slots a week offering same-day delivery to 2.5 million customers

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John Lewis Online Grocery Rapid Delivery Waitrose

April 17, 2020

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Waitrose is tripling the number of delivery slots available via its ‘Rapid’ service to help ensure the elderly and vulnerable have access to essentials during the pandemic. Waitrose & Partners…

Ocado Group has appointed Michael Sherman as an independent non-executive director to its board.

Ocado apologises to customers stating it “simply does not have the capacity” to meet demand

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Delivery Mel Smith Ocado Online Grocery

April 7, 2020

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Ocado has told customers it was “sorry” that it was not able to provide grocery delivery to as many customers as it would like. Mel Smith, the online grocer’s chief…

Asda has become the first UK supermarket to offer grocery delivery with Uber Eats, offering a range of over 300 items “quickly and conveniently”.

Uber to acquire online grocery delivery company Cornershop amid delivery expansion

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Cornershop Delivery Online Grocery Uber Walmart

October 14, 2019

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Uber is set to acquire Latin American online grocery delivery start-up Cornershop as it continues to push into the retail delivery market. Cornershop, founded in 2015, agreed to sell a…

Charged has taken a look at all the UK’s major online grocery services, how they are performing under the pressure and which ones are most likely to allow you to make an online delivery.

Online grocery market to grow 163% and be worth $414bn by 2023

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IGD Online Grocery Susan Barrett

June 5, 2019

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The online grocery market is set to dramatically expand over the next four years, growing 163 per cent by 2023 across major markets. According to new research conducted by IGD…

Online Grocery

Online grocery shopping hits all time high of £1.2bn with boon expected to continue “for the foreseeable future”

“The current system is not working”: Hundreds of elderly and vulnerable shoppers still unable to access food delivery services

1m deliveries a week: Tesco becomes first grocer to reach milestone thanks to 16,000 new staff

Waitrose adding 5000 Rapid delivery slots a week offering same-day delivery to 2.5 million customers

Ocado apologises to customers stating it “simply does not have the capacity” to meet demand

Uber to acquire online grocery delivery company Cornershop amid delivery expansion

Online grocery market to grow 163% and be worth $414bn by 2023

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