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Morrisons to launch online shopping by 1/2014 (in talks with Ocado)

SherbetLemonSherbetLemon Posts: 4,073
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It feels like every year Morrisons make some sort of announcement of plans to launch online shopping.

This time there is a date - by Jan 2014.

And this time they're in talks with Ocado (who currently don't deliver to a significant chunk of the UK :rolleyes:).

Details - http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/mar/14/morrisons-to-launch-online-food-offer

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    annette kurtenannette kurten Posts: 39,543
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    their dates are always bad in store, i`ll be giving that a very wide berth.
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    walterwhitewalterwhite Posts: 56,944
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    SherbetLemon wrote: »
    It feels like every year Morrisons make some sort of announcement of plans to launch online shopping.

    This time there is a date - by Jan 2014.

    And this time they're in talks with Ocado (who currently don't deliver to a significant chunk of the UK :rolleyes:).

    Details - http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/mar/14/morrisons-to-launch-online-food-offer

    I didn't realise that about Ocado. What areas don't they cover?
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    SherbetLemonSherbetLemon Posts: 4,073
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    walterwhite wrote: »
    I didn't realise that about Ocado. What areas don't they cover?
    Their website says, that with their last expansion in 2011, they now cover "over 70%" of the UK. That's pretty low. They don't give any indication where they do/don't cover, however Wikipedia indicates they only cover England & South Wales. Ocado is the only online supermarket that doesn't deliver to where I live.
    annette kurten wrote: »
    their dates are always bad in store, i`ll be giving that a very wide berth.
    We have two decent sized Morrisons in our town, and I've never experienced that sort of problem with either of them. Their bakery and fresh fruit, in particular, are very good. I think it's fair to say that every supermarket has good and bad stores, however.
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    diablodiablo Posts: 8,300
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    annette kurten wrote: »
    their dates are always bad in store, i`ll be giving that a very wide berth.

    Your local store obviously has a bad manager, mine is fine for dates.

    Ocado have been delivering to the Blackpool area for a couple of years now so they are expanding North.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    I thought it was interesting on the news that they said that they wanted to compete with their main rivals Tesco and Sainsbury.
    No mention of ASDA. I wonder if it was just an oversight.


    Not looked at the figures but in my mind Tesco are the biggest chain followed by ASDA.

    Edit: I was right according to this
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supermarket_chains_in_the_United_Kingdom
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    NewExampleNewExample Posts: 1,196
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    annette kurten wrote: »
    their dates are always bad in store, i`ll be giving that a very wide berth.

    That's why I'd rather do my own shopping, get the best of all produce and products available.
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    NewExampleNewExample Posts: 1,196
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    degsyhufc wrote: »
    I thought it was interesting on the news that they said that they wanted to compete with their main rivals Tesco and Sainsbury's.
    No mention of Asda. I wonder if it was just an oversight.


    Not looked at the figures but in my mind Tesco are the biggest chain followed by Asda.

    Edit: I was right according to this
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supermarket_chains_in_the_United_Kingdom

    Yeah the big four supermarkets, Tesco, then Asda, then Sainsbury's and Morrisons. And I editted your spelling ;)
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