date:Apr 02, 2013
its online grocery presence generates annual sales in excess of 2 billion (2.3 billion/$3.2 billion).
Also seeing strong growth is Ocado, which only has an online presence and has relied heavily on deliveringWaitroses private-label products. For the year to Nov. 25, 2012, its gross sales were 11.4 percent higher at 716.2 million (837.2 million/$1.1 billion) and the company will soon double its existing capacity with the opening of a second high-tech warehouse hub.
It should be noted, however,