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Ocado Group

  • As Ocado posts a half-year profit, will the business now go from strength to strength?

    July 1, 2014

    Jonathan Jackson, a partner and head of equities at Killik & Co, says Yes. Ocado offers a unique way to play the expected strong growth in the UK online grocery market. The group offers investors the potential to benefit from its industry-leading intellectual property, built up over 13 years of investment in technology, to more [...]

  • Ocado share price dives on half-year results

    July 1, 2014

    Online grocer Ocado has seen its share price drop 4.7 per cent after releasing half-year results for the 24 weeks ended 18 May. The fall comes as the company announced it was on track for its first ever annual pre-tax profit. The company swung back into the black with pre-tax profits reaching £7.5m compared to [...]

  • Ocado earnings jump 79pc after Morrisons tie-up

    July 1, 2014

    Online grocer Ocado has reported a rise in gross sales of 15.6 per cent for the 24 weeks ended 18 May, broadly in line with what had been expected. Analysts at Deutsche Bank had forecast that Ocado would report that gross retail sales in the second quarter grew by 15.3 per cent, compared to 18 [...]

  • Shareholders revolt over pay at Reckitt and Ocado

    May 7, 2014

    OCADO and Reckitt Benckiser have become the latest companies to suffer an investor backlash over pay for the most senior staff. About 20 per cent of investors in the online grocer voted against the remuneration report while 13 per cent opposed Ocado’s pay policy. A person familiar with the situation said Ocado’s board had consulted [...]

  • Ocado’s growth slows but first profit is in sight

    March 12, 2014

    ONLINE grocer Ocado yesterday said it was on course to report its first ever annual profit this year after strong first quarter sales. Retail sales rose 18 per cent to £218m in the 12 weeks to 23 February. However, this was below what analysts were expecting and a slowdown on the 20.1 per cent growth [...]

  • Ocado sales soar as Morrisons site gathers pace

    March 12, 2014

    Online grocer Ocado has reported a jump in retail sales of 18 per cent to £218m, for the 12 weeks to 23 February. Average orders per week rocketed 18 per cent to over 155,000. Tim Steiner, chief executive officer of Ocado, commented: We are pleased with the continued growth in our business. We remain committed [...]

  • Ocado co-founder Jason Gissing offloads 3m shares worth £15m

    February 6, 2014

    OCADO’S outgoing commercial director and co-founder Jason Gissing sold shares worth £15m on the day that the online grocer announced full-year losses of £12.5m. Gissing, who announced on Tuesday that he would be leaving the company, sold just over three million shares on the same day at 498.75p each, reducing his stake by 0.52 per [...]

  • Ocado founder Gissing to leave as sales increase

    February 4, 2014

    OCADO’s Jason Gissing is to step down, leaving chief executive Tim Steiner as the only co-founder still at the grocer, which posted sales growth of 15 per cent yesterday. Despite growing revenues, the firm suffered a pre-tax loss of £12.5m for the year to 1 December, compared with £600,000 the previous year. The group said [...]

  • Ocado eyes locations for third warehouse

    January 19, 2014

    ONLINE grocer Ocado is understood to be searching for a third giant warehouse to increase its capacity for grocery deliveries. Morrisons bought the rights to half of its capacity at its Dordon fulfilment centre as part of the £216m tie-up last year. Ocado has suggested since that as a result it may have to look [...]

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