Москва. 20 октября.

Online grocer Ocado has revealed that cost pressures, driver and warehouse worker shortages and more customers heading back to offices prior to the recent Covid rule changes all contributed to falling sales. The company, which is a joint venture with Marks Spencer said sales in the 13 weeks to November 28 fell 3.9% to ￡547.8 million, with the average basket size per customer dropping 12% to ￡118. However, sales remain well above pre-pandemic levels – up 31.6% – and bosses said they are mitigatin

Online grocer Ocado has revealed sales grew last year as it continued to benefit from a surge in internet shopping during the pandemic. Customer numbers increased 22.4% to 832, 000, with the number of orders rising 11.9% to 357, 000 although the amount spent per basket fell 5.8% to ￡129. But bosses said the growth could have been higher, if not for the HGV driver shortage, saying they were “ constrained in the second half( of the year) by the ongoing tight labour market in the UK ”.... The past