Ocado shops with Capscan; Capscan ensures efficiency and customer...

M2 Presswire;  October 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ......address verification for its new online supermarket. Ocado is the newest entry in the online grocery market...times from a company dedicated to home delivery.. Ocado was launched in January 2002 and was initially confined...Hemel Hempstead. Following a very successful pilot Ocado to date is now ...

Ocado Confirmed as the People's Greenest Retailer.

PR Newswire Europe;  July 24, 2008 ;     500 words ...LONDON, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- OCADO, the independent online grocer, has triumphed...OLGAs (Online Green Awards) have recognised Ocado, which processes over 12,000 customer orders...inherently green approach to doing business. Ocado won the 'Large Retailer' accolade beating...

Waitrose deal could deliver Ocado float

The Sunday Telegraph London;  February 10, 2008 ;     340 words ...OCADO, the internet grocery retailer, is hoping to secure a new long-term supply contract with Waitrose...emerged that a renegotiated deal could see Waitrose, which has an exclusive agreement to supply Ocado, secure more favourable terms, further delaying Ocado's move into the black. Following the expiry of ...

When will that Ocado success story be delivered? Depending on which paper...

Grocer;  October 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ......bad press can get you down. So let's hope Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner and his band...so good. Since being established in 200l Ocado has yet to turn a profit. Its latest figures...chief financial officer Jason Gissing said Ocado had reached operating profit in the last...

John Lewis's peculiar partnership Former City financiers, secretive...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  February 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ......suburbs, the ether is filled with tributes to Ocado, the internet grocer. The firm's striking...online retailer. Advisers even whisper that Ocado, which is now valued at pounds 240m following...Partnership, a 40 per cent shareholder in Ocado and, through its Waitrose chain, the firm...

Ocado woos with 20 [pounds sterling] bribe.(News)(Brief Article)

Grocer;  February 4, 2006 ;     231 words ...Specialist online grocer Ocado is pushing hard to win back lapsed customers. Ocado, which operates in partnership with Waitrose, is...to shoppers who have previously used the service, Ocado's finance director Jason Gissing admitted that the...

Rudoe appointed first head of retail at Ocado.(movers & shakers)(Jon...

Grocer;  June 28, 2008 ;     268 words ...Ocado has created a new head of retail role to help it compete...supplier relationships. Rudoe's contribution will be key if Ocado is to succeed in its battle against other online grocery...beyond recognition in the next few years. It was possible Ocado could one day offer a same-day delivery service, he ...

Ocado Launches New Price Commitment.

PR Newswire Europe;  March 9, 2008 ;     342 words ......PRNewswire/ -- - Company Promises to Match Tesco Ocado, the independent online grocer and Online...those of Tesco's cheapest pricing format. 'Ocado's Price Match', set to go live on Wednesday...totalling millions of pounds - on 3,500 of Ocado's 12,000-plus lines. A marketing campaign...

Intershop Enfinity selected to build Ocado.

M2 Presswire;  November 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ......2001-INTERSHOP: Intershop Enfinity selected to build Ocado (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...supplied its Enfinity e-commerce platform to Ocado, the revolutionary new online grocer being launched in partnership with Waitrose. Ocado, the newest entry in the online grocery...

And the name is Ocado.(BOC Distribution Services )(International...

Grocer;  May 19, 2001 ;     144 words ......Last Mile Solutions has unveiled its brand name, Ocado, and a five year deal with BOC Distribution Services...provide warehousing operations. All branding will be Ocado in partnership with Waitrose . Ocado's internet shopping service will be launched from...

A gamble that will pay off? It's had to endure three years of doubt and...

Grocer;  November 19, 2005 ;     700+ words ...As Ocado approaches its fourth birthday in January chief executive...next year, says Steiner. This, he says, will happen as Ocado continues to expand its reach into new areas of the UK. Ocado currently covers 11 million households or 40% of the...

Ocado seeks pounds 20m to fund expansion

The Sunday Telegraph London;  January 2, 2005 ;     297 words ...OCADO, the online food retailer aiming to float on the stock market...months to fund its aggressive expansion. Shareholders in Ocado, which is 43 per cent owned by the John Lewis Partnership...103.37 or more, equating to over pounds 20m. Jason Gissing, Ocado's finance director, told The Sunday Telegraph ...

Ocado needs its delivery to be very special indeed

Evening Standard - London;  February 26, 2008 ;     447 words ...INTERNET grocer Ocado reckons it is on the verge of something...that support is close to being rewarded. Ocado recently moved into profit, but it has...to unleash an online price war just as Ocado thought it had secured some breathing-space...

Ocado seeks a further pounds 20m in new fund raising

The Sunday Telegraph London;  October 19, 2003 ;     263 words ...OCADO, the online grocer backed by the John Lewis Partnership...Tetra Pak billionaire, invested pounds 15m in the company. Ocado, which has an exclusive deal to sell Waitrose products online...The plan to raise fresh funds comes just a few weeks after Ocado's founders, three former Goldman Sachs bankers, ...

Ocado's profile is barely on the map.(News)(Brief Article)

Grocer;  September 11, 2004 ;     112 words ...Ocado has come off worst in a contest with Tesco and Sainsbury...to 10 based on how appealing their websites were. Because Ocado only operates in the south-east, a smaller group in a tighter region were interviewed. A massive 60% had never heard of Ocado. Conversely, just 4% had never heard of Tesco's ...