The supermarket chain moves to further bolster its own online operation as a delivery partnership with Ocado nears its end.
Waitose says it is to open a third warehouse in London to cope with surging demand for grocery deliveries in the capital amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic.
The John Lewis Partnership said it expected the fulfilment centre, in the Greenford area of west London, would create 800 jobs once completed.lockdown since March has forced the supermarket sector to bolster online shopping capabilities to cope with a rising tide of orders. Waitrose said it had seen online orders surge by more than 100% over the past few months and admitted it had been unable to meet demand within London.Advertisement
Waitose said the third centre, to be operated with logistics specialist Wincanton, would"significantly further increase the availability of delivery slots for customers in and around the capital".It hoped to have the Greenford site operational in time for Christmas saying that, when completed, it would have quadrupled the number of delivery slots available to customers in London in under a year.
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