MSE News: Morrisons to launch online store... but only next year

Fire_Fox

Morrison's would do well to at get all their prices and range on the website in the mean time, even if just as a reference. I will use their online delivery service if they have the range of produce that the 'stores of the future' have, but probably not if it's just a rehash of what the other big supermarkets offer.

macaroni

Personally, I think its great news, just a shame when they trialled it years ago they binned it

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Basically with this Ocado tie up, the online shopping will come from a separate warehouse rather than picked in store like the rest of the big four.

antrobus

Deleted_User wrote: »

Basically with this Ocado tie up, the online shopping will come from a separate warehouse rather than picked in store like the rest of the big four.

There is no "Ocado tie up". Not yet anyway. Morrisons is merely talking to Ocado. What's more Tesco like to use dark stores for their online operation.

P.S. Dark stores - see this story from The Grocer
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/topics/technology-and-supply-chain/tesco-dark-stores-to-get-dematic-picking-system/235256.article

pullenuk

mystic_trev wrote: »

I disagree. At the moment Supermarkets lose around £5 on each delivery. It's not the money spinner many people think it is. Where Morrisons seem to have 'lost out' is by not opening smaller shops such as Tesco Express.

Lose 5 quid on each delivery? Wrong.... I know the correct figure for sainsburys. It's a profit and no I'm not allowed to tell you how much.

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antrobus wrote: »

There is no "Ocado tie up". Not yet anyway. Morrisons is merely talking to Ocado. What's more Tesco like to use dark stores for their online operation.

P.S. Dark stores - see this story from The Grocer
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/topics/technology-and-supply-chain/tesco-dark-stores-to-get-dematic-picking-system/235256.article

Erm... yes I know they are in talks. And yes I know what dark stores are. I've worked in retail long enough.

antrobus

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Erm... yes I know they are in talks. And yes I know what dark stores are. I've worked in retail long enough.

Then why write something like "online shopping will come from a separate warehouse rather than picked in store like the rest of the big four", if you already know that online shopping from Tesco comes from a dedicated dark store with an automated picking and handling system? Or as the man on the Clapham omnibus might call it; a 'separate warehouse'.

As far as I'm aware the only online grocery retailer that doesn't have dark stores is Sainsbury's.

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antrobus wrote: »

Then why write something like "online shopping will come from a separate warehouse rather than picked in store like the rest of the big four", if you already know that online shopping from Tesco comes from a dedicated dark store with an automated picking and handling system? Or as the man on the Clapham omnibus might call it; a 'separate warehouse'.

As far as I'm aware the only online grocery retailer that doesn't have dark stores is Sainsbury's.

Asda pick home delivery shopping in stores.

Why write that Morrisons and Ocado are not doing a deal. When all you have to do is search it on Google News to find umpteen news articles about it.

And Tesco doesn't just only use dark stores for home delivery. I've seen vans round the back of Tesco stores before.

antrobus

Deleted_User wrote: »

Asda pick home delivery shopping in stores...

Second Asda 'dark store' takes on Ocado
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/companies/second-asda-dark-store-takes-on-ocado/211799.article

So Asda does have dark stores.

Deleted_User wrote: »

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Why write that Morrisons and Ocado are not doing a deal. When all you have to do is search it on Google News to find umpteen news articles about it.

Don't know. Who is it on this thread that wrote that? What I wrote was;

antrobus wrote: »

There is no "Ocado tie up". Not yet anyway. Morrisons is merely talking to Ocado. ..

The "umpteen news articles" merely confirm that statement is correct. Morrisons are in talks with Ocado. They apparently focus on using Ocado's "intellectual property and operating knowledge" rather than, for example, using Ocado's actual operations. The outcome of these talks is currently uncertain.

antrobus

Deleted_User wrote: »

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And Tesco doesn't just only use dark stores for home delivery. I've seen vans round the back of Tesco stores before.

None of the offline boys only use dark stores. That's the advantage of being a traditional supermarket, you can run an online operation off the back of your existing stores so long as you have a man with a van and a girl with a trolley and a website to generate a pick list. Then, if and when you have the volume to justify the investment, you can switch to a dedicated dark store operation.

That certainly appears to be the way that Tesco, ASDA and Waitrose are playing the game.